Willie Mae
Author | : Elizabeth Kytle |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780820323763 |
ISBN-13 | : 0820323764 |
Rating | : 4/5 (764 Downloads) |
Download or read book Willie Mae written by Elizabeth Kytle and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1958 and selected by the New York Times as one of the best books of the year, Willie Mae is a first-person account of a black woman's life and her experiences as a domestic worker in a succession of southern households in the first half of the century. Powerful and poignant, sometimes funny and always honest, Willie Mae is a testament to the courage and strength of a generation of women who struggled to survive with dignity and humanity in the years before the civil rights movement.