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Work, Family, and Faith: Rural Southern Women in the Twentieth Century (Volume 1) by Walker, Melissa, 1962-; Sharpless, Rebecca is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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xi, 294 p "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 Includes bibliographical references and index 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
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- Author
- Walker, Melissa, 1962-; Sharpless, Rebecca
- Publisher
- Columbia: University of Missouri Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780826216298
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, History, Sociology
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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