You Can’t Eat Coal, and Other Lessons from Appalachian Women’s History
Launched in 1964, the War on Poverty quickly entered the coalfields of southern Appalachia, finding unexpected allies among working-class white women in a tradition of citizen caregiving who were seasoned by decades of activism and community service. In To Live Here, You Have to Fight: How Women Led...
Main Author: | Jessica Wilkerson |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
2019-03-01
|
Series: | Southern Spaces |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://southernspaces.org/node/43324 |
Similar Items
-
An Examination of Non-waged Labor and Local Food Movement Growth in the Southern Appalachians
by: Marion, Amy Kathryn
Published: (2019) -
The Resilient Appalachian Woman: Lessons from Life and Fiction
by: Kridler, Jamie Branam, et al.
Published: (2014) -
Still Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease
Published: (2021-08-01) -
The Celtic Influence on Appalachian Music
by: Olson, Ted
Published: (2016) -
The Top Ten: Curated List of Classic Appalachian Recordings
by: Olson, Ted
Published: (2015)