Womenfolks, growing up down South
by Shirley Abbott
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In Womenfolks, Shirley Abbott combines captivating memoir and regional history in a generous tribute to the true mothers and daughters of the South, the gritty, independent women of the backwoods. Theirs is a hardscrabble world of red dirt and backbreaking chores and roof-raising revival meetings - a far cry from the magnolias and mint juleps of Gone with the Wind.
As honest, vibrant, and remarkable as the women whose stories illuminate these pages, Womenfolks draws a vivid portrait of a rural culture beset by poverty and sustained by deeply rooted traditions. In a new introduction, Abbott revisits this world to discover that the uniqueness of the culture has, against all odds, endured.
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Social conditions, Rural poor, Rural women, Women, Femmes en milieu rural, Conditions rurales, Frau, Sudstaaten, Femmes, Pauvres en milieu rural, Southern states, history, Women, history, Women, biography, Southern states, biography, Southern states, social life and customsPlaces
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"A Mariner book."
Originally published: New Haven, Conn. : Ticknor & Fields, 1983. With new introd.
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