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Exploring Gender And Economic Development In Appalachia, Melissa Latimer, Ann M. Oberhauser
Exploring Gender And Economic Development In Appalachia, Melissa Latimer, Ann M. Oberhauser
Ann Oberhauser
Gender relations have influenced the distribution, causes, and consequences of social and economic inequality in the Appalachian region. Labor market studies that examine gender-based sources of inequality greatly expanded our understanding of poverty in Appalachia for both women and men (Billings and Tickamyer 1993). Researchers, who incorporate gender into their analyses, consistently have documented that women are more vulnerable to poverty than men in this region (Latimer 2000; Tickamyer and Tickamyer 1991). The increased attention to gender issues within Appalachian studies reflected the heightened awareness of how gender - in addition to race, class, and ethnicity - shape economic development …
A Coalfield Tapestry: Weaving The Socioeconomic Fabric Of Women's Lives, Ann M. Oberhauser, Anne-Marie Turnage
A Coalfield Tapestry: Weaving The Socioeconomic Fabric Of Women's Lives, Ann M. Oberhauser, Anne-Marie Turnage
Ann Oberhauser
Throughout the coalfields of central Appalachia, working-class people are engaging in alternative means of economic survival. For many, the region's endemic poverty is now worsening as tremendous job losses in coal mining diminish the historic source of employment for working -class men. In order to secure the necessities of life for themselves and their families, working-class women are not only entering the paid labor force but also turning to unregulated forms of income generation that lie outside the formal, wage-earning economy.