Lucy Somerville Howorth
by Shawhan, Dorothy S.; Swain, Martha H.; Scott, Anne FirorEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2011-04-06
Publisher(s): Louisiana State Univ Pr
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Summary
Born, raised, and retired in Mississippi, Lucy Somerville Howorth (1895 - 1997) championed for the rights of women long before feminism emerged as a widely recognized movement. As told by Dorothy S. Shawhan and Martha H. Swain, hers is a remarkable life story from her small-town upbringing to her career as an attorney, an activist, and the last of a generation of New Deal women in Washington, D.C. 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.
Author Biography
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.
Table of Contents
| Foreword: Memories of Lucy Somerville Howorth | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Girlhood in Greenville | p. 1 |
| "A whole human being," 1912-1922 | p. 13 |
| "Hustling in the law," 1922-1927 | p. 35 |
| Howorth and Howorth, Attorneys-at-Law, 1928-1931 | p. 56 |
| "I have a few things to say": The Mississippi Legislature, 1932-1934 | p. 67 |
| A Watchdog for Women, 1935-1946 | p. 84 |
| "I glory in being a feminist," 1947-1954 | p. 108 |
| "Just being Cleveland folks": Retirement after 1957 | p. 134 |
| "Nothing like living a long time": The Last Years | p. 154 |
| Appendix: Recorded Speeches of Lucy Somerville Howorth | p. 167 |
| Notes | p. 173 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 211 |
| Index | p. 221 |
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