Description: An addition to the Southern Women series, Alabama Women celebrates the contributions of women and enriches our understanding of the past. Exploring such subjects as politics, arts, and civic organizations, this collection of eighteen biographical essays provides insight into the historical significance of these women.
Brief description: LISA LINDQUIST DORR is an associate professor of history and the associate dean for social sciences at the University of Alabama. She is the author of White Women, Rape, and the Power of Race in Virginia, 1900-1960.
Review Quotes: Alabama Women: Their Lives and Times is a wonderful first step in celebrating Alabama women's experiences and their impact on the history of the Yellowhammer State and beyond. Written in a style that easily appeals to the casual reader as well as scholars, this collection does what the editors set out to do. It 'provides new understandings for historians, to entertain and enlighten readers interested in the history of the state, and finally to provide knowledge about the lives and efforts of women across the state that teachers can bring into their classrooms' (7).--Jennifer Gross "The Alabama Review"