The shaping of activist recruitment and participation: A study of women in the Mississippi civil rights movement

Gender and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 692-709

  Irons, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0032219452     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124398012006006     Document Type: Article

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