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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. 

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Author:   Amanda E. Hayes
Publisher:   West Virginia University Press
Imprint:   West Virginia University Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781959000259

ISBN 10:   195900025
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   01 September 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Place, Culture, and Imagination: A Discussion of Methods Small Stories, Part 1: Sarah McKittrick, Eliza Carpenter, Martha Lindsay 2. The Advantages of Education: A History of Madison College Small Stories, Part 2: Elma Brashear, Austa Porter, M. Kate Wiser, Mary Smith, Mary Stockdale 3. Divided Arguments: Rhetorical Instruction at Madison College Small Stories, Part 3: Sarah and Lizzie Jamison, Violet Scott, Amelia Matthews, Sue Craig 4. Madison College and Women’s Education: Acceptance and Resistance Small Stories, Part 4: Cordelia Downard, Bell Coulter, Mollie and Elma Gaston 5. Higher Ideals: The Madison Women and Social Action Small Stories, Part 5: Maggie Hyatt, Kate Green, Lizzie Smith, Nancy Wallace, Mary Lawrence 6. The Future is the Past: Formal Education and Appalachian History Small Stories, Part 6: Sarah Morrison, Emma Campbell 7. What Was Lost, What Remains: Madison College’s Sister Schools Small Stories, Part 7: Jennie Moore and Eliza Ralston, Sarah Owens Longsworth, Lizzie Moss Conclusion: Why Does it Matter? Endnotes Bibliography

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“This book stands beside Samantha NeCamp’s in the work it does to rehabilitate the false stereotype of early Appalachia as anti-education, and is a true recovery project, letting us hear lives and voices otherwise silenced.” –Kim Donehower, author of Rereading Appalachia: Literacy, Place, and Cultural Resistance “A mastery of weaving personal and archival research to resurrect a critical time in education in Appalachia. The research . . . lends itself to creating more avenues for study in women’s literacy, learning, and lives in Appalachia.”  –Travis A. Rountree, author of Hillsville Remembered: Public Memory, Historical Silence, and Appalachia’s Most Notorious Shoot-Out

"""This book stands beside Samantha NeCamp's in the work it does to rehabilitate the false stereotype of early Appalachia as anti-education, and is a true recovery project, letting us hear lives and voices otherwise silenced."" -Kim Donehower, author of Rereading Appalachia: Literacy, Place, and Cultural Resistance ""A mastery of weaving personal and archival research to resurrect a critical time in education in Appalachia. The research . . . lends itself to creating more avenues for study in women's literacy, learning, and lives in Appalachia."" -Travis A. Rountree, author of Hillsville Remembered: Public Memory, Historical Silence, and Appalachia's Most Notorious Shoot-Out"

Author Information

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.

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