Description: Following in the tradition of the Southern Women series, Arkansas Women highlights prominent Arkansas women, exploring women's experiences across time and space from the state's earliest frontier years to the late twentieth century.
Brief description: GARY T. EDWARDS is an associate professor of history at Arkansas State University. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the Free University of Berlin and is currently writing a book on the yeomen of antebellum western Tennessee.
Review Quotes: This volume sets a bold example for historians by recognizing women's accomplishments in what must be the most conservative region of the nation. The authors' discovery of value in the lives of women in all facets of Arkansas history gives readers a fine example of both gender inclusivity and diversity.--Elizabeth Hayes Turner "The Journal of American History"