Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody's Fool: Frances Freeborn Pauley and the Struggle for Social Justice

Kathryn L. Nasstrom

Published by Cornell University Press 2000

Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody's Fool

Frances Freeborn Pauley and the Struggle for Social Justice

Kathryn L. Nasstrom

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501729065

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Frances Freeborn Pauley, a white woman who grew up in the segregated South, has devoted most of her ninety-four years to the battle against discrimination and prejudice. A champion of civil rights and racial justice and an advocate for the poor and...

Author / Editor information

Kathryn L. Nasstrom is Assistant Professor of History at the University of San Francisco.

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Nasstrom... provides a fascinating and important memoir of a white woman who was active in civil rights activities throughout the South from the 1930s to the 1980s.... This volume... is a superb oral history that recaptures the personal side of social justice struggles since the 1930s. Recommended.

Nasstrom describes Pauley's life and work in social activism throughout all of Georgia's 159 counties. For over sixty years this energetic woman has helped to guide the movement of civil rights in the South and by using interviewspublic documents, and Pauley's own life. Nasstrom's book tells of our forward progress.

Kathryn Nasstrom skillfully blends biography and memoir to tell the inspiring story of Frances Pauley.... Her life story is not only a remarkable look into one woman's social activism, it is a mandate for any of us who aspire to make a difference in the world.

A life well lived is the theme of this unorthodox but highly absorbing production.... Kathryn Nasstrom should be proud of her publication, which is an exceptional accomplishment for any scholar. It is a pleasure to recommend the work for its accessible format and its uplifting message.

The political activist life of Frances Freeborn Pauley '27 spans 50 years, beginning with her endeavor to establish a free health clinic in DeKalb County, GA., and culminating with her efforts on behalf of people with AIDS.... She earned a reputation for always being prepared with the facts whenever she attended a meeting or confronted a legislator and for being a superb strategist who worked the system for the benefit of the less fortunate. In 1984, the Agnes Scott College Alumnae Association recognized Pauley with its Award for Service to the Community. This year, as Pauley turns 95, Cornell University Press released a book about her, Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody's Fool, Frances Freeborn Pauley and the Struggle for Social Justice.

The body of the book comes directly from primary sources including Pauley's papers, letters, speeches, and a series of interviews she dictated over a twenty-five-year period, but it is not a verbatim account.... Pauley's life story is a welcome addition to the literature on the civil rights movement and women's history.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Life Story Of Frances Freeborn Pauley
1. Born in Ohio, Raised in Georgia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. "About this time I began to hate the rich": The Depression and World War II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. "I wasn't going to belong to anything that was all white": Democracy and Desegregation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4. "Trying to make a bridge": The Civil Rights Movement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
5. "An equal chance for education": The Federal Government and School Desegregation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
6. "Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody' s Fool": Advocate for the Poor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
7. "Mother PUJ": Frances Pauley in Retirement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
"Talking for a Purpose": Storytelling and Activism in the Life of Frances Freeborn Pauley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Editorial Method and Commentary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Notes on Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 1 map, 19 halftones
Keywords: African-American Studies; U.S. History

eBook

Published: September 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501729065