Freedom's Women: Black Women and Families in Civil War Era Mississippi

Frankel's scholarship in this carefully researched and clearly written study is impressive. . . . The study is thoroughly documented with 70 pages of footnotes and a 14-page bibliography, refleccting Frankel's grasp of the secondary literature as well as extensive work in primary documents. --Choice

Freedom's Women examines African American women's experiences during the Civil War and early Reconstruction years in Mississippi. Exploring issues of family and work, the author shows how African American women's attempts to achieve more control over their lives shaped their attitudes toward work, marriage, family, and community.

Author: Noralee Frankel
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 10/22/1999
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.46w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9780253334954

About the Author

Dr. Noralee Frankel is assistant director on women, minorities, and teaching at the American Historical Association. She is author of Break Those Chains at Last: African Americans 1860-1880 and coeditor of Gender, Class, Race and Reform in the Progressive Era.