{"product_id":"the-varieties-of-womens-experiences-larry-eugene-rivers-9780813036816","title":"The Varieties of Women's Experiences: Portraits of Southern Women in the Post-Civil War Century","description":"\"This is an excellent collection of essays, showing the contribution that women of all stations and races made to the development of the Southeast. Most of these stories have not been told before.\"--John Salmond, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The contributors to \u003ci\u003eThe Varieties of Women's Experiences\u003c\/i\u003e offer fourteen brief biographical essays revealing the broad range of the fascinating lives lived by women in the post-Civil War South. Arranged chronologically, they chart a course of generational change, yet reveal that despite limitations there were always more opportunities for extraordinary women than we tend to realize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By including stories about white and black, Jew and gentile, rich and poor, native and immigrant, widowed and married, the book explores the diversity and complexity of what it could mean to be a \"Southern woman\" at a time when social norms restricted many to their household and wifely duties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A welcome addition to the literature on Southern women's history, this book will appeal to a broad range of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Larry Eugene Rivers is president of Fort Valley State University (Georgia). Canter Brown Jr., is professor of history and special assistant and counsel to the president at Fort Valley State University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Eugene Rivers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081303681X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813036816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Larry Eugene Rivers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44809635234047,"sku":"9780813036816","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fbf6bdd-e1e0-448f-9d1e-c9d7b8740664.jpg?v=1707927046","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-varieties-of-womens-experiences-larry-eugene-rivers-9780813036816","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}