An edition of Work, family, and faith
(2006)
Work, family, and faith
rural southern women in the twentieth century
by Melissa Walker and Rebecca Sharpless
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"Collection of essays capturing the transformation of the American South from agrarian to industrial/commercial over the course of the twentieth century from the perspective of women struggling against poverty by relying on tradition and inner strength"--Provided by publisher.
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Work, Family, and Faith: Rural Southern Women in the Twentieth Century
Feb 07, 2006, University of Missouri Press, University of Missouri
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Work, Family, And Faith: Rural Southern Women in the Twentieth Century
February 7, 2006, University of Missouri Press
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Work, family, and faith: rural southern women in the twentieth century
2006, University of Missouri Press
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Table of Contents
Introduction / Rebecca Sharpless and Melissa Walker
"Work was my pleasure" : an oral history of Nellie Stancil Langley / Lu Ann Jones
"Pretty near every woman done a man's work" : women and field work in the rural South / Rebecca Sharpless and Melissa Walker
"A responsibility on women that cannot be delegated to father, husband, or son" : farm women and cooperation in the tobacco South / Evan P. Bennett
"Seizing the opportunity" : home demonstration curb markets in Virginia / Ann E. McCleary
Revitalizing southern homes : rural women, the professionalization of home demonstration work, and the limits of reform, 1917-1945 / Lynne Rieff
"You got us all a-pullin' together" : southern Methodist deaconesses in the rural South, 1922-1940 / Lois E. Myers
"Shepherdess of the hills" : the Salvation Army mountain ministry of Cecil Brown / Connie Park Rice
Goin' north : the African American women of Sloss Quarters / Karen R. Utz
"It takes a special kind of woman to work up there" : race, gender, and the impact of the apparel industry on southern Alabama, 1937-2001 / Michelle Haberland.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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