Phipps, Sheila

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Kitchen Cache: The Hidden Meaning of Gender and Cooking in Twentieth-Century American Kitchens 2010 11143 For many centuries, women have been the designated cooks of domestic America. They have been the creators and sustainers of the American diet. But as the restaurant industry became a large force in the twentieth-century economy, the task of cooking w...
“The Truth of It Is, She has Her Reasons for Procreating So Fast”: Maria Taylor Byrd’s Challenges to Patriarchy in Eighteenth-Century Virginia 2012 6394 Maria Taylor Byrd (1698-1771) was the wife of wealthy colonial Virginia planter and politician William Byrd II. In the last portion of her life as a wealthy, widowed mother, Maria Byrd wielded a significant amount of control over herself and those ar...
With Or Without Your Blessing: Elizabeth Grimball and the Struggle of a Southern Teacher 2015 890 Driven by financial difficulties within the households of southern families during the Civil War, women entered the workforce on an economic basis, which unintentionally instigated a social transformation of traditional gender roles. For example, Joh...
“She Comes Armed With The Proper Documents”: Myra Bradwell’s Fight For Women’s Rights In Bradwell V. Illinois 2019 290 Myra Bradwell was the first woman to seriously challenge the United States Supreme Court for a woman’s right to an employment of her choosing, specifically the right to practice law. Even though Myra Bradwell’s case was struck down in the Supreme Cou...