Tennessee Women

Informationen zum Autor Beverly Greene Bond is an associate professor of history at the University of Memphis. She is the coauthor of "Memphis in Black and White" and "Images of America: Beale Street." Sarah Wilkerson Freeman is a professor of history at Arkansas State University. She is a contributor to "Southern Women at the Millennium" and "Mississippi Women: Their Histories! Their Lives!" as well as to numerous journals. Klappentext Contains sixteen essays on Tennessee women in the forefront of the political, economic, and cultural history of the state, and assesses the national and sometimes international scope of their influence. The essays examine women's lives in the broad sweep of nineteenth- and twentieth century history in Tennessee and reinvision the state's past by placing them at the centre of the historical stage and examining their experiences in relation to significant events. Zusammenfassung Volume 2 looks at antebellum issues of gender! race! and class; the impact of the Civil War on women's lives; parades and public celebrations as venues for challenging gender ideals; female activism on racial and gender issues; the impact of state legislation on marital rights; and the place of women in religious organizations.

Klappentext

Contains sixteen essays on Tennessee women in the forefront of the political, economic, and cultural history of the state, and assesses the national and sometimes international scope of their influence. The essays examine women's lives in the broad sweep of nineteenth- and twentieth century history in Tennessee and reinvision the state's past by placing them at the centre of the historical stage and examining their experiences in relation to significant events.

Zusammenfassung
Volume 2 looks at antebellum issues of gender, race, and class; the impact of the Civil War on women's lives; parades and public celebrations as venues for challenging gender ideals; female activism on racial and gender issues; the impact of state legislation on marital rights; and the place of women in religious organizations.