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Unlikely dissenters : white southern women in the fight for racial justice, 1920-1970Entry/Object ID
Library.1157Description
xiv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Unlikely dissenters : white southern women in the fight for racial justice, 1920-1970 by Anne Stefani.
In this work, Anne Stefani focuses on a particular group of white southerners--the minority of white women who lived in a white supremacist society but who rejected the segregationist system and contributed to its demise. She argues that the double identity of these white southern women as both "oppressors" and "victims" forced them to confront their native culture, developing a unique form of racial activism through which they rebelled against their own culture while conforming to southern standards of respectability.
Profiles: two generations, one identity -- Before Brown: southern lady activism -- After Brown, part one: the tactics of respectability -- After Brown, part two: open confrontation -- The 1960s movement: modern abolitionists -- A peculiar brand of feminism.Collection
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Women, White -- Political activity -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century., Women civil rights workers -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century., Women -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century., Women political activists -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century., African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century., Southern States -- Social life and customs.Publication Details
Author
Stefani, AnnePublisher
University Press of FloridaPlace Published
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Gainesville, FLCall No.
F 220 .A1 S74 2015ISBN
9780813060767LCCN
2015004617