Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times - Volume 2: 15 (Southern Women: Their Lives and Times) - Hardcover

While some readers will favor a particular essay or two, and others will read the volume from beginning to end, all will close the book's covers with a greater appreciation of the efforts and contributions made by Tennessee women.--Brenda Jackson Abernathy "Knoxville News-Sentinel " "Each essay is well-researched and includes a bibliography. A helpful index is also included for researchers and/or students seeking a specific event or person. Both volumes would be an excellent addition to any type of library in Tennessee or the South as it relates specifically to its general history."--Gayla B. Hall "Tennessee Libraries "

The second volume of Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times contains sixteen essays on Tennessee women in the forefront of the political, economic, and cultural history of the state and assesses the national and sometimes international scope of their influence. The essays examine women's lives in the broad sweep of nineteenth- and twentieth century history in Tennessee and reinvasion the state's past by placing them at the center of the historical stage and examining their experiences in relation to significant events. Together, volumes 1 and 2 cover women's activities from the early 1700s to the late 1900s. Volume 2 looks at antebellum issues of gender, race, and class; the impact of the Civil War on women's lives; parades and public celebrations as venues for displaying and challenging gender ideals; female activism on racial and gender issues; the impact of state legislation on marital rights; and the place of women in particular religious organizations. Together these essays reorient our views of women as agents of change in Tennessee history.