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1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "How can they expect me as a mother to look over that?": Maria Gunnoe's fight for her children's health and safety -- "We became two determined women": Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller become the Sylvester Dustbusters -- "Let us live in our mountains": Joan Linville's fight for her homeland -- "You gotta go and do everything you can--Fight for your kids": Donetta Blankenship speaks out against underground slurry injections -- "It's just a part of who I am": Maria Lambert and the movement for clean water in Prenter -- "I'm not an activist against coal; I'm an activist for the preservation of my state": Teri Blanton and the fight for justice in Kentucky -- "I'm not going to be run out, I'm not going to be run over, I'm not going out without a fight": Patty Sebok's battle against monster coal trucks -- "Our roots run so deep, you can't distinguish us from the earth we live on": Debbie Jarrell and the campaign to move Marsh Fork Elementary School -- "It's not just what I choose to do, it's also, I think, what I have to do": Lorelei Scarboro's drive to save Coal River Mountain -- "Money cannot recreate what nature gives you": Donna Branham's struggle against mountaintop removal -- "I want my great-great-grandchildren to be able to live on this Earth!": the legacy of the courageous Julia "Judy" bonds -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Political activity -- Appalachian Region.
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Appalachian Region. |
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Women and the environment -- Appalachian Region.
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Women and the environment. |
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Appalachian Region.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on. |
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Environmentalism -- Appalachian Region.
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Environmentalism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bell, Shannon Elizabeth. Our roots run deep as ironweed 9780252037955 (DLC) 2013017243 (OCoLC)843025831 |
| ISBN |
9780252095214 (electronic book) |
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0252095219 (electronic book) |
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9780252037955 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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0252037952 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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9780252079467 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0252079469 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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