The Maid Narratives - Wormer, Katherine Van; Jackson, David W; Sudduth, Charletta
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The Maid Narratives shares the memories of black domestic workers and the white families they worked for, uncovering the often intimate relationships between maid and mistress in Louisiana and Mississippi. Based on interviews with over fifty people both white and black these stories deliver a personal and powerful message about resilience and resistance in the face of oppression in the Jim Crow South.

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The Maid Narratives shares the memories of black domestic workers and the white families they worked for, uncovering the often intimate relationships between maid and mistress in Louisiana and Mississippi. Based on interviews with over fifty people both white and black these stories deliver a personal and powerful message about resilience and resistance in the face of oppression in the Jim Crow South.
Autorenporträt
Charletta Sudduth is an early-childhood consultant for the Waterloo Community School District. She earned a master's in social work and a doctorate in education, curriculum, and instruction from the University of Northern Iowa. David W. Jackson III is assistant professor in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Metropolitan State College of Denver. He is co-producer of the oral video history project African-American Voices of the Cedar Valley. In 2006, he received the Trio Achiever of the Year award for the State of Iowa. Katherine van Wormer, who grew up in New Orleans, is a sociologist and professor of social work at the University of Northern Iowa. She is the author or coauthor of sixteen books, including Death by Domestic Violence; Human Behavior and the Social Environment; Confronting Oppression, Restoring Justice; and Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective.