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...necessarily connote material possessions which "spoil" a child--a child can be spoiled and not necessarily feel that everything in the world belongs to them--but entitlement is an attitude passed down through the generations, from parent to child, which prompted the seven-year-old son of an Appalachian mine-owner to make the following observation after a mine explosion...
These experiences working with others outside her Appalachian home caused Daugherty to examine her own life more closely. "In Brazil, I was looking at my own past from the perspective of another country, in another rural setting," she remembers...
...Washington, Daugherty returned to Morris Harvey College to teach religion and women's studies, which she continued to do until coming to the Div School's program this year. The unique culture and lifestyle of rural West Virginia creates a special problem for Daugherty in her work, for Appalachian women do not fit easily 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...
Daugherty says poverty and lack of education are the two main problems West Virginia women must overcome, unlike many of their more affluent sisters in other regions. More than half of the Appalachian women live in rural areas; most of the 29 per cent who work outside the home have only a tenth grade education and hold low-playing jobs. Three years ago, however, the United Mine Workers opened coal mining jobs to women, and these jobs pay more than most available to rural people. In Daugherty's view, the economic advantages of mining jobs for women outweigh their drawbacks...
...coal mining. Another part describes emerging small industries run by women, such as quilting cooperatives; only recently have these women begun to market and sell the region's traditional crafts and handwork. The book's food and nutrition section contains information on gardening and canning, familiar chores for most Appalachian women...