Böcker i Southern Women-serien

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.

This is a collection inspired by the Fifth Southern Conference on Women's History. The essays assess the ways in which Southern women have claimed power, or ""searched for their places"", and suggests how Southern women, individually and collectively, have sought to empower themselves.

Constance B. Schulz and Elizabeth Hayes Turner collect the stories of the women who helped to found and lead the Southern Association for Women Historians during its first twenty years. These women give evidence, in strong and effective language, of the experiences that shaped their entree into the profession.