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Loading... Freedom's Women: Black Women and Families in Civil War Era Mississippiby Noralee Frankel
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Belongs to SeriesBlacks in the Diaspora (1999)
Frankel's scholarship in this carefully researched and clearly written study is impressive.... The study is thoroughly documented with 70 pages of footnotes and a 14-page bibliography, refleccting Frankel's grasp of the secondary literature as well as extensive work in primary documents." --Choice Freedom's Women examines African American women's experiences during the Civil War and early Reconstruction years in Mississippi. Exploring issues of family and work, the author shows how African American women's attempts to achieve more control over their lives shaped their attitudes toward work, marriage, family, and community. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)976.2History and Geography North America South Central U.S. MississippiLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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