Jessie is a historian of the modern United States whose research and teaching explores questions of political economy and social change in the twentieth-century South and Appalachia through the histories of women, gender and labor. Her writing engages a range of topics, from women in country music and sports to histories of labor organizing in Appalachia. She will be interviewed live about the life and times of Hazel Dickens for The Female Bob Dylan podcast.
This event is part of A Celebration of Women in Old-Time Music brought to you with support from the Tennessee Arts Commission's Arts Build Communities and the Friends of the Library.
Historian and Author
Program
Women in Old Time Music