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Work, Family, and Faith: Rural Southern Women in the Twentieth Century
Melissa Walker
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Description for Work, Family, and Faith: Rural Southern Women in the Twentieth Century
Hardcover. This collection of essays takes readers across the twentieth-century American South, from rural roadside stands to the Birmingham Iron Plant's "Sloss Quarters." Covering the full scope of southern rural women's varied lives, this book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in sociology, women's studies, or southern history. Editor(s): Walker, Melissa; Sharpless, Rebecca. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the majority of rural southerners were dependent on agriculture and eked out a living as tenants on land owned by someone else. Women took on multiple duties, from child rearing to labor in the fields, to help meet their own goals of independence, well-being, and family persistence on the land. Over the course of the century, however, women found their lives and their work transformed. Government intervention, the Great Depression, and industrial job opportunities created by the two world wars and the development of Sun Belt industries lured or pushed tens of thousands ... Read more
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the majority of rural southerners were dependent on agriculture and eked out a living as tenants on land owned by someone else. Women took on multiple duties, from child rearing to labor in the fields, to help meet their own goals of independence, well-being, and family persistence on the land. Over the course of the century, however, women found their lives and their work transformed. Government intervention, the Great Depression, and industrial job opportunities created by the two world wars and the development of Sun Belt industries lured or pushed tens of thousands ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826216298
SKU
V9780826216298
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About Melissa Walker
Melissa Walker is George Dean Johnson Jr. Professor of History at Converse College
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