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Hill women, finding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains, Cassie Chambers

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Hill women, finding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains, Cassie Chambers
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Hill women
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1119122018
Responsibility statement
Cassie Chambers
Sub title
finding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains
Summary
"Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County is the poorest county in Kentucky and the second poorest in the country. Buildings are crumbling and fields sit vacant, as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women are finding creative ways to subsist in their hollers in the hills. Cassie Chambers grew up amidst these hollers, and through the women who raised her, she traces her own path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. With her "hill women" values guiding her, Cassie went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her knowledge and opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved back home to help her fellow rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues that are all too common: domestic violence, the opioid crisis, a world that seems more divided by the day. But they are also community leaders, keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Cassie uses these women's stories paired with her own journey to break down the myth of the "hillbilly" and illuminate a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future"--, Provided by publisher
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