Mountain Feminist: Helen Matthews Lewis, Appalachian Studies, and the Long Women's Movement

Voices from the Southern Oral History Program Mountain Feminist Helen Matthews Lewis, Appalachian Studies, and the Long Women's Movement from an interview by Jessica Wilkerson compiled and introduced by Jessica Wilkerson and David P. Cline The "Grandmother of Appalachian Studies" reveals the parallels between the Civil Rights and Women's movements, as well as her highly ambivalent feelings about her own marriage—and much more. "They didn't take us to jail. They pulled us out individually, and th