About the Author

Elizabeth Anne Payne is a professor of history at the University of Mississippi. Martha H. Swain is Cornaro Professor of History Emerita at Texas Woman's University. Marjorie Julian Spruill is a professor of history at the University of South Carolina.

Reviews

Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives--Volume 2 includes vibrant chapters from a number of prominent scholars in the field of southern history as well as from those who are just bringing their work to light. With this second book, a smart complement to the first volume, the authors analyze the forces of history in the lives of Mississippi women while demonstrating women's agency in a sophisticated and analytical manner. From Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal history to the International Women's Year Conferences of 1977, Mississippi offers a fascinating window into the world of southern women.--Elizabeth Hayes Turner "author of Women and Gender in the New South, 1865-1945"