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Author:

Boehm, Lisa Krissoff, 1969-

Title:

Making a way out of no way : African American women and the second great migration / Lisa Krissoff Boehm.

Publisher:

University Press of Mississippi,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xx, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African American women--Social conditions--20th century.
African American women--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Migration, Internal--United States--History--20th century.
Rural-urban migration--United States--History--20th century.
African American women--Biography.
Oral history--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-282) and index.

Contents:

A note on style -- Biographical sketches -- Introduction -- Memories of the Southern childhood -- Guiding influences and the younger years -- The move north -- Encountering the city -- The work of the domestic -- Family aspects -- Experiences with other types of employment -- Reflections on the migration and a life of work -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Series:

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies

ISBN:

1604732172 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781604732177 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1604732164 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781604732160 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)243601834

LCCN:

2008033344

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)