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Challenging Stereotypes
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Meet the W.Va. Woman Who Took on Sexism to Break Barriers in the Legal Field – in the 1920s
This month marks 40 years since the inception of a national celebration of women’s history. Approved by Congress…
Slummin’ in Appalachia
“Step right up, folks! Don’t be shy! Pay your dollar and be amazed! See the 8th wonder of…
‘Stereotypes Get in the Way’ of Rural Nutrition Program
The Daily Yonder regularly covers federal programs and policy debates related to persistent poverty and hunger in rural…
The Lies We’re Told About Appalachia
The old exploitative images are indelible: out of work, white, needy. They obscure the region’s diversity and long…
Book ‘UnWhite’ Examines Appalachia’s Portrayal in Movies
In movies, the people and places of Appalachia are often made into an “other.” That makes it easy…
The miner and the matriarch: Coal mining women of West Virginia
Violet Gathalee Pavkovich stands on the small back porch of her powder blue, turn-of-the-century farmhouse, an orange cat…