Writing women's history: a tribute to Anne Firor Scott
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Corporate Author: Porter L. Fortune, Jr. History Symposium < 2007, University of Mississippi> (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson University Press of Mississippi ©2011
Series:Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History series
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:"Essays in this volume were originally presented at the Thirty-second Annual Porter L. Fortune Jr. History Symposium at the University of Mississippi"-
Includes bibliographical references and index
Anne Firor Scott's 'The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930' stirred a keen interest among historians in both the approach and message of her book. Using women's diaries, letters, and other personal documents, Scott brought to life southern women as wives and mothers, as members of their communities and churches, and as sometimes sassy but rarely passive agents. This book brings together chapters by scholars at the forefront of contemporary scholarship on American women's history, each regarding 'The Southern Lady' as having shaped her historical perspective and inspired her choice of topics in important ways
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 231 pages)
ISBN:9781617031748
1617031747
9781617031731
1617031739

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