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“Companions of My Tribulation”: Transatlantic Female Preaching Networks in the Early Nineteenth Century
(2020-05-11)
As part of the pulpit in the early republic, female preachers created their own identities separate from the domestic sphere by forging successful careers as religious authorities speaking in public. Bolstered by a growing ...
"Fiery Trials:" Women and the Civil War in East Tennessee, 1850-1865
(2020-11-17)
This dissertation examines East Tennessee’s white women and their role within the Civil War. Women, often portrayed as passive victims to the violent climate, remain minor characters in Appalachian and more specifically ...
On Common Ground: The Relationship Between Negro Home Demonstration and 4-H Clubs and Rural Women’s Community Leadership, 1920-1980
(2020-11-20)
This dissertation examines how rural African-American women and girls in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi developed leadership skills through their participation in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cooperative ...
The Starless Night of Centralism: Examining The Language of War in and outside of Revolutionary Texas
(2020-05-11)
Texian officials and American Democratic party newspapers pushed for a cause that they believed appealed to shared ideals concerning Jeffersonianism, centralism, race, liberty, slavery, nationalism, kinship, and identity. ...
Mental Models and Institutional Change in the U.S. Air Force from the Cold War through the Gulf War
(2020-07-16)
Following more than twenty years of debate, and after a bitter fight for independence from the Army, the United States Air Force was established as separate military service on September 18, 1947. The following spring, ...
The Cause Archived: Thomas Owen, the Alabama Archives, and the Shaping of Civil War History and Memory
(2020-07-23)
Thomas M. Owen's foundation and directorship of the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH), lasting from 1901 until 1920, overlapped with and reinforced the development of a southern, scholarly defense of the ...
At the Intersection of Davis and King: Heritage and Memory in Selma, Alabama
(2020-11-16)
Selma, Alabama is a small community in the Black Belt with a rich heritage and history that remains deeply divided along racial lines. Selma played an important role in both the American Civil War and the Civil Rights ...
Jim Crow in the City: Spatial Segregation in Columbus, Georgia, 1890-1944
(2016-05-06)
Between 1890 and 1944 thousands of African Americans moved to Columbus in search of greater economic and social opportunities. Despite Jim Crow laws and the threat of violence, African Americans built a thriving black ...
Suburbanization and the Magic City
(2016-05-03)
Since its founding in 1871, Birmingham’s metropolitan area has experienced enormous growth. In the late-nineteenth century, the city’s industrial origins influenced neighborhood development for working, middle, and elite ...
Hoodoo in the Gulf Coast: Empowerment and Protection during the 19th and 20th Centuries: The Black cat bone and Snakes
(2016-05-06)
Hoodoo during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries provided African Americans with knowledge, protection, and power. Although previous scholarship has focused on the role of different charms and herbal treatments, this ...