From the award-winning Southern lifestyle magazine Garden & Gun
comes this rich collection of some of the South's most notable
women.
For too long, the Southern woman has been synonymous with the Southern
belle, a "moonlight and magnolias" myth that gets nowhere close to
describing the strong, richly diverse women who have thrived because
of--and in some cases, despite of--the South. No more. Garden & Gun's
Southern Women: More than 100 Stories of Trail Blazers, Visionaries,
and Icons obliterates that stereotype by sharing the stories of more
than 100 of the region's brilliant women, groundbreakers who have by
turns embraced the South's proud traditions and overcome its equally
pervasive barriers and challenges.
Through interviews, essays, photos, and illustrations these remarkable
chefs, musicians, actors, writers, artists, entrepreneurs, designers,
and public servants will offer a dynamic portrait of who the Southern
woman is now. The voices of bona fide icons such as Sissy Spacek, Leah
Chase, and Loretta Lynn join those whose stories for too long have been
overlooked or underestimated, from the pioneering Texas rancher Minnie
Lou Bradley to the Gee's Bend, Alabama, quilter Mary Margaret
Pettway--all visionaries who have left their indelible mark not just on
Southern culture, but on America itself.
By reading these stories of triumph, grit, and grace, the ties that bind
the sisterhood of Southern women emerge: an unflinching resilience and
resourcefulness, an inherent love of the land, a singular style and wit.
And while the wisdom shared may be rooted in the Southern experience,
the universal themes are sure to resonate beyond the Mason-Dixon.
