For Atlanta, the early decades of the twentieth century brought chaotic economic and demographic growth. Women--black and white--emerged as a visible new compon

Veiled Visions: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and the Reshaping of American Race Relations

The essays in the second volume of Georgia Women portray a wide array of Georgia women who played an important role in the state's history, from little-known Pr

In every age and in every culture there have been women who challenged the prevailing gender prescriptions and struck a nerve, resulting in waves of either chan