Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps Reviewed in H-Net
“An important addition to our historical understanding of rural, southern Black women.”
“An important addition to our historical understanding of rural, southern Black women.”
“Milson’s entertaining book will be a welcome read to anyone interested not only in Arkansas but also in the social, economic, and environmental history of the early nineteenth- century South.”
“…just the thing to share with children in the weeks leading to a planned visit to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.”
“Opening the eyes of some Arkansans and other Americans …”
“remarkably accessible, a rare feat for an academic anthology, and lay readers and undergraduates may find themselves engrossed”
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