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Southern women, more than 100 stories of innovators, artists, and icons, Amanda Heckert and the editors of Garden & Gun ; foreword by Allison Glock

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Southern women

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Amanda Heckert and the editors of Garden & Gun ; foreword by Allison Glock

more than 100 stories of innovators, artists, and icons

"For too long, the Southern woman has been synonymous with the Southern belle, a 'moonlight and magnolias' myth that gets nowhere close to describing the strong, richly diverse women who have thrived because of--and in some cases, despite of [sic]--the South. No more. This bountiful collection challenges long-held stereotypes, sharing the stories of more than 100 of the region's most brilliant women: groundbreakers who have by turns embraced the South's proud traditions and overcome its equally pervasive barriers and challenges."--Page [3] of cover

Introduction: Grit & grace / by Rebecca Wesson Darwin -- Foreword: Soul of the South / by Allison Glock -- Poem: I cannot talk about the South without talking about black women / by Ashley M. Jones -- Performers & players. Danielle Brooks -- Sissy Spacek -- Tig Notaro -- Connie Britton -- Dixie Carter & Delta Burke / by Helen Ellis -- Sutton Foster -- Brooke Baldwin -- Carol Burnett -- Alfre Woodard -- Leah Nanako Winkler -- Holly Hunter / by Allison Glock -- Oprah Winfrey -- Amy Sedaris -- Ashley Fliehr -- Margo Martindale -- Octavia Spencer -- Reese Witherspoon -- Chefs & mixologists. Mashama Bailey -- Carla Hall -- Nina Compton -- Vivian Howard -- Veramae Smart-Grosvenor -- Von Diaz -- Lucille Bishop Smith / by Toni Tipton-Martin -- Marianne Eaves -- Leah Chase -- Carnelia Bailey -- Leah Wong Ashburn -- Edna Lewis -- Ashley Christensen -- Kelly Fields -- Pardis Stitt -- Alba Huerta -- Nathalie Dupree -- Innovators & iconoclasts. Nikki Haley -- Rosalynn Carter -- Ida B. Wells / by Bronwen Dickey -- Simons Welter -- Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice -- Mary McLeod Bethune / by Jessica B. Harris -- Queen Quet -- Madeline Jordan -- Madam C.J. Walker -- Darla Moore -- Michelle Dorrance -- Simone Biles -- Laura Bush / by Julia Reed -- Elizabeth Lanier Fennell -- Minnie Lou Bradley -- Euneika Rogers-Sipp -- Fannie Lou Hamer / by Bronwen Dickey -- Vicki Smith -- Melinda Gates -- Danica Roem -- Artists & artisans. Maya Freelon -- Clementine Hunter -- Amanda Matthews -- Willie Anne Wright -- Mary Margaret Pettway -- Linda Anderson / by Candice Dyer -- Gogo Ferguson -- Temple St. Clair -- Mary Jackson -- Lauren Haynes -- Sally Mann / by Allison Glock -- Amanda Crowe -- Natalie Chanin -- Dorothy Shain -- Marie T. Cochran -- Singers & songwriters. Quiana Parler -- Alison Krauss -- Loretta Lynn -- Mahalia Jackson / by Jessica B. Harris -- Gina Chavez -- Amanda Shires -- Marshall Chapman -- Amy Ray & Emily Saliers -- Tammy Wynette / by Julia Reed -- Margo Price -- Rhiannon Giddens -- Beyoncé Knowles-Carter -- Candi Staton -- Mavis Staples -- Dolly Parton / by Allison Glock -- Holly Williams -- Lucinda Williams / by Beth Ann Fennelly -- Writers & readers. Natasha Trethewey -- Dorothea Benton Frank -- Flannery O'Connor / by Meg Donahue -- Molly Ivins -- Lee Smith -- Ada Limón -- Zora Neale Hurston / by Latria Graham -- Laura Lippman -- Carla Hayden -- Tayari Jones -- Nikky Finney / by Latria Graham -- Jesmyn Ward -- Daliyah Arana -- Fannie Flagg -- Eudora Welty / by Frances Mayes -- Dorothy Allison -- Margo Lee Shetterly -- Tastemakers & trendsetters. Lela Rose -- Peggy Martin -- Cristina Lynch -- Katharine Graham / by Haskell Harris -- Bunny Williams -- Sara Blakely -- Mimi McMakin & Celeri Kemble -- Liz Lambert -- Janie Bryant -- Mary Celeste Beall -- Charlotte Moss -- Barrie Benson -- Cindy Chapman / by Gray Chapman -- Elaine Griffin -- Bunny Mellon -- Mary Ella Gabler -- Laura Vinroot Poole