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The Madison Women: Gender, Higher Education, and Literacy in Nineteenth-Century Appalachia

Name: The Madison Women: Gender, Higher Education, and Literacy in Nineteenth-Century Appalachia
Brand: West Virginia University Press
SKU: 9781959000259
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Contributors:

Amanda E. Hayes

Publisher:

West Virginia University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

History, Education, Language Arts & Disciplines

Book Subcategory:

United States, History, Linguistics

Book Topic:

19th Century, Sociolinguistics

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Release Date:

2024-09-01

ISBN 13:

9781959000259

Weight:

0.7 lbs

Size:

8.60 x 5.80 x 0.60 inches

Pages:

204

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By uncovering how higher education and gender roles evolved in Appalachia over time, The Madison Women delivers a history that contradicts the stereotype of the region as hostile to education, highlighting colleges that proliferated the area in the 19th century. Indeed, many of these colleges were either coeducational or even specifically for women, ultimately contradicting another stereotype--that Appalachia is a region particularly hostile toward women.

Incorporating captivating mini-biographies of women who attended Madison College and who went on to change their communities in ways large and small, this book reveals how the lives of its students impart lessons about history, regional culture, and how we can shape the Appalachia's future.

About the Author
Amanda E. Hayes teaches English and composition at Kent State University-Tuscarawas. Raised on her family's farm in Appalachian Ohio, she now researches and writes about regional traditions of writing, storytelling, and education. Her first book, The Politics of Appalachian Rhetoric, won the Nancy Dasher Award in 2019.

The Madison Women: Gender, Higher Education, and Literacy in Nineteenth-Century Appalachia

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