Beschreibung:
In every age and in every culture there have been women who challenged the prevailing gender prescriptions and struck a nerve, resulting in waves of either change or repression. This book presents the history of conservative, moderate, and radical women's groups.
Introduction: Women & Families in the Civil War Era; Women, Gender & Race in Reconstructing the South; Gender, Race & the Construction of White Supremacy; Prelude to Reform in the South; Southern Women & the Progressive Spirit; Women & Politics in the South; Gender, Race & the "Modern" Decades; The Great Depression & the New Deal; Southern Women & World War II; Index.