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Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Lives and Times Ser.)
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Paperback. From the beginning, Georgia women were instrumental in shaping the state, yet most histories minimize their contributions. This title features essays that include women of many ethnicities and classes who played an important role in Georgia's history. It profiles reform-minded women like Mary Latimer McLendon, Mildred Rutherford, and Martha Berry. Editor(s): Chirhart, Ann Short; Wood, Betty. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
This title explores the diverse and changing patterns of Georgia women's lives. This first of two volumes extends from the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733 up to the Progressive era. From the beginning, Georgia women were instrumental in shaping the state, yet most histories minimize their contributions. The essays in this volume include women of many ethnicities and classes who played an important role in Georgia's history. Though sources for understanding the lives of women in Georgia during the colonial period are scarce, the early essays profile Mary Musgrove, an important player in the relations between the ... Read more
This title explores the diverse and changing patterns of Georgia women's lives. This first of two volumes extends from the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733 up to the Progressive era. From the beginning, Georgia women were instrumental in shaping the state, yet most histories minimize their contributions. The essays in this volume include women of many ethnicities and classes who played an important role in Georgia's history. Though sources for understanding the lives of women in Georgia during the colonial period are scarce, the early essays profile Mary Musgrove, an important player in the relations between the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820333373
SKU
V9780820333373
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About
Ann Short Chirhart is an associate professor of history at Indiana State University. She is the author of Torches of Light: Georgia Teachers and the Coming of the Modern South (Georgia). Betty Wood is a reader in American history at Girton College, University of Cambridge. Her books include Women's Work, Men's Work: The Informal Slave Economies of Lowcountry Georgia, 1750-1830 ... Read more
Reviews for Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Lives and Times Ser.)
Women have made their mark on all aspects of Georgia's history, from early colonization and revolution, through slavery, war, and defeat, and on through the era of racial repression and reform. Their stories, as told here by accomplished historians all, provide valuable new gendered lenses through which to view history afresh. Full of new insights and fascinating reading throughout. - ... Read more