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Episodes tagged "Women of the South": 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Eatonville Influences Zora Neale Hurston
    date 1920 to 1930map Orange, Floridatags Women of the South, Harlem Renaissance

    Zora Neale Hurston was an African American author famous during the New Negro Movement (Harlem Renaissance), which was in the 1920’s and 1930’s. She wrote four novels and published more than fifty short stories and plays. Her writing was influenced by the small town of Eatonville. Eatonville is located in central Florida. Eatonville may be a small town but it is packed with African American history...

  2. Heroines of the South
    date May 25, 1863map DE KALB, Alabamatags Roles of Women, Women of the South, Southern Women

    As General Forrest frantically searched for an alternate route across the Black Creek Ford about three miles from Gadsden, Alabama, the enemy was quickly approaching.  The stream was overflowing and the bridge was broken so General Forrest retreated into the town in hopes of locating another way around the flooded creek.  Upon entry into the town, General Forrest knocked upon a stranger’s door. ...