Book of Donmon Teith

“Stories of personal tragedy, economic hardship, and personal conviction . . . a valuable addition to both southern and women’s history.” —Journal of So

Discussions of Tennessee women's history during the Progressive Era tend to focus narrowly on the critical issue of suffrage and the ratification of the Ninetee

Celeste Parrish and Educational Reform in the Progressive-Era South follows a Civil War orphan’s transformation from a Southside Virginia public school teache

This is the most comprehensive synthesis of the political history of the American South during the Progressive Era. Originally published in 1983, this work repr

During the opening decades of the twentieth century, highly visible red-light districts occupied entire sections of many American cities. Prostitution, still eu