Cover; Southern Women in the Progressive Era; Title; Copyright; Contents; Founding Editor's Preface; Foreword; Editorial Note; Introduction; PART ONE: ACTIVISTS IN THE MAKING; Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (1866-1948): Memoirs of a Southern Feminist; Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955): Autobiography of an Educator and Civil Rights Activist; Mary Lee Cagle (1864-1955): Autobiography of an Evangelist Preacher; PART TWO: A N EW SOUTHERN WORKFORCE; Anthelia Holt (1861-1950): The Correspondence of a Textile Mill Worker; Henrietta Aiken Kelly (1844-1916): The Correspondence of a Special Field Agent
Florida's First State Health Nurses (1914-1916): Reporting on a Service for HealthPART THREE: REGIONAL COMMENTATORS; Mary and Louisa Poppenheim (1866-1936; 1868-1957): The Keystone, Women's Clubs, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy; Mary Johnston (1870-1936): The Suffrage Speeches of a Virginia Novelist; Corra White Harris (1869-1935): Essays on Women, Politics, and Southern Identity; Notes; Contributors; Index
Summary
Riveting, revealing stories from women of all walks of southern life taking on the challenges of the Progressive Era
