Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives
- ISBN-10
- 0820325031
- ISBN-13
- 9780820325033
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Authors
- Martha H. Swain, Marjorie Julian Spruill, Elizabeth Anne Payne
Description
Some of the women are well known, others were prominent in their time but have since faded into obscurity, and a few have never received the attention they deserve."--BOOK JACKET.
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