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...

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Main Author: Jessica Wilkerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emory Center for Digital Scholarship 2019-03-01
Series:Southern Spaces
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Online Access:https://southernspaces.org/node/43324

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