Author : Jessica Wilkerson,David P. Cline
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807882795
Mountain Feminist: Helen Matthews Lewis, Appalachian Studies, and the Long Women's Movement by Jessica Wilkerson,David P. Cline Pdf
Voices from the Southern Oral History Program Mountain Feminist Helen Matthews Lewis, Appalachian Studies, and the Long Women's Movement from an interview by Jessica Wilkerson compiled and introduced by Jessica Wilkerson and David P. Cline The "Grandmother of Appalachian Studies" reveals the parallels between the Civil Rights and Women's movements, as well as her highly ambivalent feelings about her own marriage—and much more. "They didn't take us to jail. They pulled us out individually, and the policeman said to me, 'What would your daddy think if he saw you dancing with a nigger?'"