Southern Discomfort: Women's Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s

by Nancy A. Hewitt

Book Overview

Linked to the Caribbean and southern Europe as well as to the Confederacy, the Cigar City of Tampa, Florida, never fit comfortably into the biracial mold of the New South. Nancy A. Hewitt explores the interactions among distinct groups of women--native-born white, African American, Cuban and Italian immigrant women--that shaped women's activism in the vibrant, multiethnic city.

Hewitt emphasizes the process by which women forged and reformulated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252026829
• ISBN13: 9780252026829
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"