Beyond Image and Convention: Explorations in Southern Women's History - Hardcover

Swain, Martha H.; Treadway, Sandra Gioia; Turner, Elizabeth H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826211720 ISBN 13: 9780826211729

Publisher: University of Missouri Press, 1998

Synopsis

Spanning the colonial era to the mid-20th century, this book documents women from widely varied social, economic, religious, and ethnic backgrounds from the American South. It examines how they acted outside the accepted gender boundaries of their day.

About this title

About the Author

Janet L. Coryell is Associate Professor of History at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. She is the author or editor of several works, including Neither Heroine nor Fool: Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland.

Martha H. Swain is Professor of History at Mississippi State University in Starkville. Her publications include Ellen S. Woodward: New Deal Advocate for Women.

Sandra Gioia Treadway is the Deputy Director of the Library of Virginia in Richmond. She is the author or editor of several publications, including Women of Mark: A History of the Woman's Club of Richmond, Virginia.

Elizabeth Hayes Turner is Associate Professor of History at the University of Houston-Downtown. Her latest publication is Women, Culture, and Community: Religion and Reform in Galveston, 1880-1920.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826211720
• ISBN 13: 9780826211729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Coryell Janet L., Etc.