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Independent minds and shared community: Married women's wills in Amite County, Mississippi, 1840-1919
(1996)
The fifteen married women whose wills were probated in Amite County, Mississippi between 1840 and 1919 were linked by geographical proximity, church affiliation, and similar social status. Their estate papers indicate that ...
Private choices vs. public voices: The history of Planned Parenthood in Houston
(1998)
Over the past half century the name Planned Parenthood has become a household term. As its leadership has struggled to create and maintain its identity and to keep it financially afloat, the organization has evolved. This ...
Black and white perceptions of interracial sex: The paradox of passion
(1990)
In this work, I make three very important assertions. First, whites were fanatical about keeping black men and white women sexually separated. In the white mind, no contamination of the Caucasian race could result unless ...
Invisible working-class men: Police constables in Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool, 1900-1939
(1992)
This dissertation provides an occupational study of police constables in the three provincial English cities of Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool from 1900 to 1939. As a study of police life, it challenges the social ...
Hearts divided: The marriage and family of Elizabeth and William Wirt, 1802-1834
(1995)
This joint biography of Elizabeth Gamble Wirt (1784-1857) and William Wirt (1772-1834) tells the story of a middle-class couple in the upper South from 1802 to 1834. The Wirts were members of the emerging urban professional ...