Description: Ranging from the colonial period to the present, these seventeen biographical essays provide a window into the social, cultural, and geographic milieu of women's lives in the state. The contributors look at ways in which the women either abided by prevailing gender norms or negotiated new models of behavior for themselves and other women.
Brief description: PAMELA TYLER is an associate professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Review Quotes:
These historians bring readers the lives of an amazing variety of women. . . .This immensely readable collection of essays shows the great scope of Louisiana women's achievements.
--New Orleans Times-Picayune