Status
Available
Genres
Publication
Doubleday (1973), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 230 pages
Description
"This book tells what it means to be a woman when you are poor, when you are proud, and when you are a hillbilly."First published in 1973, Skye Moody's Hillbilly Women shares the stunning and raw oral histories of 19 women in 20th-century Southern Appalachia, from their day-to-day struggles for survival to the personal triumphs of their hardscrabble existence. They are wives, widows, and daughters of coal miners; factory hands, tobacco graders, cotton mill workers, and farmers; and women who value honest labor, self-esteem, and dignity. Shining a much-needed light into a misunderstood culture and identity, the stories within reflect the universally human struggle to live meaningful and dignified lives.
Language
Physical description
230 p.; 8.3 inches
ISBN
0385014112 / 9780385014113
Local notes
life histories
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