Aunt Narcissa's Quilt [ca 1880]
...stark contrast of the two fabrics and the large scale of the triangles results in a very bold quilt, perhaps not a style typically associated with a middle-aged, unmarried woman...
Rosa Snoddy's Handkerchief Quilt [ca 1905]
...her Aunt Rosa Snoddy quilt this piece. The similarity of the quilting style to Rosa's earlier quilt indicates that the older woman remained in charge of the work. Paul Black...
Chattanooga, Tennessee images
Chattanooga, Tennessee: Inflatable Figures, Rock City, Lookout Mountain Located on top of Lookout Mountain, Rock City is only six miles from downtown Chattanooga. Woman on Cell Phone and Construction Site...
Gulf of Knowledge: The Hidden Scientific History of the Early American Southeast
...centers on an American Indian who kneels before an enthroned Minerva—Roman goddess of wisdom, warfare, arts, trade, strategy, and commerce—and proffers a partially unscrolled map. Scenes of indigenous people offering...
Besieged Terrain
...a hard sell for students in Reece's nature writing course who'd rather not part with the Internet, cell phones, and cable television. One young woman tried to persuade her ride...
The Bulletin—May 15, 2012
...which defines marriage as "between one man and one woman" has brought the issue of equal rights for same-sex couples into the center of the national political arena over the...
An Upcountry Legacy: Mary Black's Family Quilts
...the mother of eleven children, including Rosa Miller Benson and Narcissa Benson. Her family were associated with the Baptist church, and Nancy was remembered as "a woman of domestic accomplishments...
Demon Rum and Politics in Middle Florida: A Review of Southern Prohibition
...the Sons of Temperance, the Washington Temperance Society, the Good Order League, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and the Anti-Saloon League. Interesting characters make unexpected appearances. The author explains how...
New Pasts: Historicizing Immigration, Race, and Place in the South
...Winders, “‘New Americans’ in a ‘New South’ City?;” and Winders, “An ‘Incomplete’ Picture?.” Stan Schnier, A woman at the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride holds a sign that asks “What color...
Bodies and Souls
...our values as a society if we allow so many people to fall through the cracks? Bodies and Souls follows the work of one woman who has dedicated her life...