Women shaping the south creating and confronting change southern women angela boswell judith n mcarthur southern conference on womens history 2 events in southern history have often been recounted from the top down relying on political and economic models to explain historical changes. Creating and confronting change southern women dec 06 books developed from the southern conference on womens history sponsored by the southern association for women historians series editors betty brandon michele gillespie nancy a hewitt lu ann jones wilma king amy mccandless women shaping the south creating and confronting change women shaping the south creating women shaping the south . Events in southern history have often been recounted from the top down relying on political and economic models to explain historical changes thus the key players have usually been men who dominated politics shaped economic development and led armies however history is also made from the bottom up by those who confront change and shape it through their actions. Women shaping the south creating and confronting change item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share flag flag this item for graphic violence graphic sexual content texts women shaping the south creating and . Women shaping the south creating and confronting change expanded from papers presented at the sixth southern conference on womens history this collection demonstrates how women of different races and classes transformed the south during its most crucial turning points including post revolution civil war jim crow era world war i and the