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Lucy Somerville Howorth - (Southern Biography) by Dorothy S Shawhan & Martha H Swain (Paperback)

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  • Mississippi native Lucy Somerville Howorth (1895-1997) championed for the rights of women long before feminism was a widely recognized movement.
  • About the Author: Dorothy S. Shawhan is the author of the historical novel Lizzie.
  • 264 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Historical
  • Series Name: Southern Biography

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Mississippi native Lucy Somerville Howorth (1895--1997) championed for the rights of women long before feminism was a widely recognized movement. Dorothy S. Shawhan and Martha H. Swain tell her remarkable life story -- from her small-town upbringing to her career as an attorney, to her role as a New Deal activist in Washington D.C. Howorth became known for her leadership qualities and quick appraisal of social problems, particularly as they affected women.She became general counsel of the War Claims Commission and held a presidential appointment under four different presidents. This first-ever biography of Howorth bestowslong-overdue recognition of her many achievements and illuminates the activism ofwomen long before the women's movement.



Book Synopsis



Mississippi native Lucy Somerville Howorth (1895-1997) championed for the rights of women long before feminism was a widely recognized movement. Dorothy S. Shawhan and Martha H. Swain tell her remarkable life story--from her small-town upbringing to her career as an attorney, to her role as a New Deal activist in Washington D.C. Howorth became known for her leadership qualities and quick appraisal of social problems, particularly as they affected women. She became general counsel of the War Claims Commission and held a presidential appointment under four different presidents. This first-ever biography of Howorth bestows long-overdue recognition of her many achievements and illuminates the activism of women long before the women's movement.



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Mississippi native Lucy Somerville Howorth (1895--1997) championed the rights of women long before feminism emerged as a widely recognized movement. Dorothy S. Shawhan and Martha H. Swain tell her remarkable life story -- from a small-town upbringing to her career as an attorney, to her role as a New Deal activist in Washington, D.C. Howorth became known for her leadership qualities and quick appraisal of social problems, particularly as they affected women. She became general counsel of the War Claims Commission and held a presidential appointment under four different presidents.This first-ever biography of Howorth bestows long-overdue recognition of her many notable achievements and illuminates the activism of women in the decades often considered to be the doldrums of the women's movement.

Dorothy S. Shawhan is the author of the historical novel Lizzie. She lives in Cleveland, Mississippi, where she is chair of the Division of Languages and Literature and a professor of English at Delta State University.

Martha H. Swain is the author of Pat Harrison: The New Deal Years and Ellen S. Woodward: New Deal Advocate for Women, winner of the Eudora Welty Award from the Mississippi University for Women. She is Cornaro Professor Emerita of History at Texas Woman's University and lives in Starkville, Mississippi, where she most recently has taught history at Mississippi State University.



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The book provides a detailed, insightful, and thorough account of Judge Lucy's long, eventful, and wonderful life.-- "The Southern Register"

This biography is much more than an oral history of Howorth's life. Supplementing their interviews with wide-ranging research in archival and manuscript collections, Shawhan and Swain provide a dispassionate assessment of the life of an extraordinary woman who was decades ahead of her times.-- "Journal of Southern History"

With this biography Lucy Somerville Howorth . . . takes her rightful place in U.S. feminist history. Shawhan and Swain's treatment of Howorth, whom they knew personally, illuminates the multigenerational evolution of twentieth-century feminism and the central roles Howorth and her associates played in the advancement of a new liberal politics that emphasized universal human rights and economic justice.-- "Journal of American History"



About the Author



Dorothy S. Shawhan is the author of the historical novel Lizzie. She lives in Cleveland, Mississippi, where she is chair of the Division of Languages and Literature and a professor of English at Delta State University.

Martha H. Swain is the author of Pat Harrison: The New Deal Years and Ellen S. Woodward: New Deal Advocate for Women, winner of the Eudora Welty Award from the Mississippi University for Women. She is Cornaro Professor Emerita of History at Texas Woman's University and lives in Starkville, Mississippi, where she most recently has taught history at Mississippi State University.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Historical
Series Title: Southern Biography
Publisher: LSU Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Dorothy S Shawhan & Martha H Swain
Language: English
Street Date: April 6, 2011
TCIN: 93892386
UPC: 9780807138755
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-9202
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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