Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal 0821444107, 9780821444108

Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women’s efforts to

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Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal
0821444107, 9780821444108

Drawing on powerful personal testimonies of the hazards of mountaintop removal in southern West Virginia, Combating Moun

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"Motivated by a deeply rooted sense of place and community, Appalachian women have long fought against the damaging

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Thud! Crack! That’s the sound heard around the world as women bash their head against that impenetrable glass ceiling. I

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A critical look at the movement for environmental justice When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental

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