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BC, HIS036040, LAN015000, Paperback, SOC028000, Southern Illinois University Press
Well-Tempered Women
In this richly illustrated study, Carol Mattingly examines the rhetoric of the temperance movement, the largest political movement of women in the nineteenth century.Tapping previously unexplored sources, Mattingly uncovers new…
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BB, Hardback, LAN010000, SOC028000, Southern Illinois University Press
Whistlin’ and Crowin’ Women of Appalachia
Even some enlightened academicians automatically—and incorrectly—connect illiteracy to Appalachia, contends Katherine Kelleher Sohn. After overhearing two education professionals refer to the southern accent of a waiter and then launch into…
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BC, LAN010000, Paperback, SOC028000, Southern Illinois University Press
Whistlin’ and Crowin’ Women of Appalachia
Even some enlightened academicians automatically—and incorrectly—connect illiteracy to Appalachia, contends Katherine Kelleher Sohn. After overhearing two education professionals refer to the southern accent of a waiter and then launch into…
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BC, Paperback, SOC026000, SOC028000, Southern Illinois University Press
Who Cares? Women, Care, and Culture
At a time when studies suggest the average American woman spends seventeen years caring for children and eighteen years caring for aging parents, Julia T. Wood examines how culture creates…
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BB, BIO010000, BIO022000, Hardback, HIS036010, SOC028000, Southern Illinois University Press
Woman from Spillertown
Kathryn Kish Sklar calls this work “a major contribution to our historical understanding of the role of women in organizing American miners in the twentieth century.”Agnes Burns Wieck was a…
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BB, Hardcover, HarperCollins, HarperOne, REL062000, SOC028000, SOC032000
WomanPrayers
This rich blend of prayers, poems, and sayings by women writers and sages from around the world and throughout history offers daily inspiration and delight. Included in this collection are…