Freedom's Women - Black Women and Families in Civil War Era Mississippi

Exploring issues of family and work, the author shows how African American women's attempts to achieve more control over their lives shaped their attitudes toward work, marriage, family, and community.

About the author

Dr. Noralee Frankel is assistant director on women, minorities, and teaching at the American Historical Association. She is author of Break Those Chains at Last: African Americans 1860-1880 and coeditor of Gender, Class, Race and Reform in the Progressive Era.

Summary

Examines freedom's influence on the lives of African American women and families in Mississippi during and after the Civil War. Exploring issues of family and work, this book shows how African American women's attempts to achieve more control over their lives shaped their attitudes toward work, marriage, family, and community.

Product details

• Authors: Noralee Frankel
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.1999
• EAN: 9780253334954
• ISBN: 978-0-253-33495-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 242 mm x 166 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 610 g
• Series: Blacks in the Diaspora; Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardco
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories