Description: This collection of seventeen fascinating biographies, produced by the Mississippi Women's History Project, is an important step toward gaining the state's women their deserved place in its written record. It is volume one of two.
Brief description: MARK NEWMAN is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Derby. He won the Southern Regional Council's Lillian Smith Book Award for Getting Right with God.
Review Quotes: One cannot read these pages without developing a greatly enhanced sense of appreciation of the role these gifted and dedicated individuals played in shaping for the better the lives of the people of our state.--William F. Winter "former governor of Mississippi"