Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Introduction; 1. The Political and Gender Economy of the Mountain South, 1900-1964; 2. "I Was Always Interested in People's Welfare": Bringing the War on Poverty to Kentucky; 3. "In the Eyes of the Poor, the Black, the Youth": Poverty Politics in Appalachia; 4. March for Survival: The Appalachian Welfare Rights Movement; 5. "The Best Care in History": Interdependence and the Community Health Movement; 6. "I'm Fighting for My Own Children That I'm Raising Up": Women, Labor, and Protest in Harlan County
7. "Nothing Worse than Being Poor and a Woman": Feminism in the Mountain SouthEpilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index