Georgia Women - Their Lives and Times

Informationen zum Autor Ann Short Chirhart (Editor) > Betty Wood (Editor) BETTY WOOD was a Reader in American History, Girton College, University of Cambridge. Her works include Slavery in Colonial America, 1619-1775 and Women's Work, Men's Work: The Informal Slave Economies of Lowcountry Georgia, 1750-1830 (Georgia). Klappentext From the beginning! Georgia women were instrumental in shaping the state! yet most histories minimize their contributions. This title features essays that include women of many ethnicities and classes who played an important role in Georgia's history! including Mary Latimer McLendon! Mildred Rutherford! and Martha Berry. Zusammenfassung This first of two volumes extends from the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733 up to the Progressive era. From the beginning, Georgia women were instrumental in shaping the state, yet most histories minimize their contributions. The essays include women of many ethnicities and classes who played an important roles.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Short (EDT)/ Wood Chirhart
• Assisted by: Ann Short Chirhart (Editor), Betty Wood (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2009
• EAN: 9780820333373
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3337-3
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Southern Women: Their Lives an; Southern Women: Their Lives an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous