Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends
Author: John A. Simpson
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781572332119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHe refutes the notion that members were backward-looking dilettantes and instead draws a complex portrait of women who were actively involved in a broad spectrum of civic, patriotic, religious, educational, and even reform activities. As Simpson reveals, this alliance of women actively shaped southern culture in the early decades of the century, and his analysis sheds new light on the role of professional and club women in southern history."--BOOK JACKET.
