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Texas Women : Their Histories, Their Lives.
"This is a collection of biographies and composite essays of Texas women, contextualized over the course of history to include subjects that reflect the enormous racial, class, and religious diversity of the state. Offering insights into the complex ways that Texas' position on the margins...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Southern women (Athens, Ga.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: 1600- 1880; Indian Women Who "Carry Gallantry Still Further Than the Men": A Barometer of Power in Eighteenth- Century Texas; Spanish Law and Women in Colonial Texas, 1719- 1821: "I Wish to Make Use of All the Laws in My Favor"; The Lives of Enslaved Women in Texas: Changing Borders and Challenging Boundaries; Sallie McNeill: A Woman's Higher Education in Antebellum Texas; Harriet Perry: A Woman's Life in Civil War Texas; Capitalist Women in Central Texas, 1865- 1880: "A Ready Market"; Part Two: 1880- 1925.
- Adele Briscoe Looscan: Daughter of the RepublicEllen Lawson Dabbs: Waving the Equal Rights Banner; Mariana Thompson Folsom: Laying the Foundation for Women's Rights Activism; Jovita Idar: The Ideological Origins of a Transnational Advocate for La Raza; Maternity Wars: Gender, Race, and the Sheppard- Towner Act in Texas; Part Three: 1925- 2000; Frances Battaile Fisk: Clubwoman and Promoter of the Visual Arts in Texas; Latinas in Dallas, 1910- 2010: Becoming New Women; Oveta Culp Hobby: Ability, Perseverance, and Cultural Capital in a Twentieth- Century Success Story.
- Ranch Women and Rodeo Performers in Post- World War II West Texas: A Cowgirl by Any Other Name-Than FeministCasey Hayden: Gender and the Origins of sncc, sds, and the Women's Liberation Movement; Julia Scott Reed: Presenting the Truth about African Americans in Dallas; Barbara Jordan: The Paradox of Black Female Ambition; Hermine Tobolowsky: A Feminist's Fight for Equal Rights; Mae C. Jemison: The Right Stuff; Epilogue: Exploring Women's Stories: A Personal Perspective; Writing Texas Women's History: Looking Back, Looking Forward; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N.
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