{"product_id":"mississippi-women-their-histories-their-lives-paperback","title":"Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrenda Eagles\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eSusan Ditto\u003c\/b\u003e (Associate Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid D. Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of seventeen fascinating biographies, produced by the Mississippi Women's History Project, is an important step toward gaining the state's women their deserved place in its written record. The women whose absorbing life stories are told here range from Felicit  Girodeau of old Natchez, who was both a person of color and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who \"mothered\" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Some of the women are well known, others were prominent in their time but have since faded into obscurity, and a few have never received the attention they deserve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders may already know such figures as writer and photographer Eudora Welty, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, and poet and educator Margaret Walker Alexander. Others are probably less familiar: the microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen, the black businesswoman and civic leader Sadye Wier, the flapper feminist Minnie Brewer, or the jurist Burnita Shelton Matthews. All the featured women, whether suffrage pioneers, champions for higher education for women, or luminaries in art and literature, shared similar experiences in their struggles for success. From Winnie Davis, daughter of the Confederacy's president, to Hazel Brannon Smith, a journalist and antilynching crusader, they had in common the pains and privileges that were part of womanhood in their times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs multifaceted as the state they helped to build, the women portrayed in this engaging volume will interest and inspire Mississippians of all ages. Scholars will find here a valuable resource that adds nuance and texture to southern and women's history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Anne Payne (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ELIZABETH ANNE PAYNE is a professor of history at the University of Mississippi. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarjorie Julian Spruill (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MARJORIE JULIAN SPRUILL is a professor of history at the University of South Carolina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha H. Swain (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MARTHA H. SWAIN is Cornaro Professor of History Emerita at Texas Woman's University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.96 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757853081888,"sku":"9780820325033","price":59.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f523d230ff4896b34c6985db0da07c20.webp?v=1780113203","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mississippi-women-their-histories-their-lives-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}