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...libraries, researching the women of West Virginia, and this semester will teach a course on that subject. Such work is not unusual for professors in the burgeoning field of women's studies, but Daugherty's special perspective on her subject is. Her knowledge of the "Heart of Appalachia" comes not just from books, but from the 21 years she lived there, in circumstances not usually conducive to an academic career...
...into the mainstream of the American feminist movement. "The average rural woman doesn't even know the movement exists, and if she does it's usually greeted with suspicion and hostility," Daugherty says. She found few suitable teaching materials for her women's studies course at Morris Harvey. In Appalachia, "it's very hard even for college women to identify with materials from large urban center," she says...
...also figures that the two-to three-month inventory of coal that has been stockpiled by utilities and steel companies will enable the operators to hold out until the union eventually knuckles under, a sentiment shared by the coal companies. The 165,000 striking union members, mostly in Appalachia, account for only half the nation's coal production. There are growing numbers of nonunion miners, largely in the West, and most will keep right on working...
...stamina of U.S. coal miners should not be underestimated. Suffering is nothing new for them; it is often a matter of pride. They are demonstrating their resourcefulness in adversity. Outfitted in quilted parkas, they can be seen roaming the snow-covered hills and hollows of Appalachia in search of game to keep down meat bills. Their wives have canned fruit and vegetables to be stored in the cellar. If the utilities have stockpiled coal, so have the miners-to keep their homes warm during the cruel winter ahead...
...Ratrace," by comparison, is supposedly a lot like reality. The ad for the game says "players start out in the working class, where most people are, with each player owning a small business, a credit card and $200. Bet you never met all those people in Appalachia and Harlem with small businesses and credit cards.) The object is to "parlay existing assets into more of everything that's good--like money, education, club memberships, jewelry, mink coats, and big boats--and less of everything that's not so good like divorce, high taxes and bankruptcy." Winners escape the working class...