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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Matthews_Lewis Helen Matthew Lewis is an American sociologist and scholar and according to her Wikipedia page is famous for her work on Appalachia and women’s rights. She matches our topic guidelines in that first of all Lewis herself is part of an oppressed group, she is a woman, and furthermore she is a woman scholar. Secondly, her work focuses on oppression and women’s rights which fits perfectly with our class themes. As far as the scope-of-work requirements go, her Wikipedia page is extremely bare. In fact, most of her page focuses on her early life and education. There is zero expansion of her work and contributions to American scholarly work on women’s rights or any work she has done besides a list of her works. It is clear that there is plentiful room for expansion

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Helen Matthews Lewis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Helen Matthews Lewis Born	October 2, 1924 Nicholson, Georgia, U.S. Nationality	American Occupation	Sociologist, historian, activist Helen (Matthews) Lewis (born October 2, 1924) is a sociologist, historian, and activist who specializes in Appalachia and women's rights. She is noted for developing an interpretation of Appalachia as an internal United States colony.[1] She also specializes in Appalachian oral history, collecting and preserving the experiences of Appalachian working class women in their own words.[2]

Contents 1	Early life and education 2	Academic career 3	Activism and independent scholarship 4	Publications 5	Awards and honors 6	References Early life and education Lewis was born in Nicholson, Georgia in 1924.[3] Her parents were Hugh and Maurie Matthews, a postal worker and nurse, respectively,[3] and her sister was named JoAnn.[1] She spent her early years in Jackson county, where she witnessed and was deeply affected by Jim Crow racial discrimination.[1] When Lewis was 10, her family moved to Forsyth County, where during his rounds as a mail carrier, her father would warn incoming African Americans that Forsyth county was a dangerous place for them.[1]

Lewis attended Tift College, where she studied for a year before taking a year off to work.[1] She returned to school at the Georgia State College for Women, now Georgia College & State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1946. During her studies she attended an interracial program at the Hartford Theological Seminary, where she and other students worked on industrial projects. The program was sponsored by the YWCA, and laid the foundation for Lewis' enduring interest in both working class issues and women's issues.[1]

While attending Duke University as a graduate student, she met Judd W. Lewis, whom she would marry. When Judd Lewis went to the University of Virginia, Helen went with him and enrolled in a master's degree program in sociology, earning her degree in 1949. Her thesis, "The Woman Movement and the Negro Movement: Parallel Struggles for Rights," links the histories and developments of the women's suffrage movement with the emerging Civil Rights Movement.[1] Lewis earned a PhD in sociology at the University of Kentucky in 1970. Her dissertation was entitled "Occupational Roles and Family Roles: A Study of Coal-Mining Families in Southern Appalachia."[1]

Helen and Judd Lewis divorced in 1974.[4]

Academic career University of Virginia, director of Bureau of Population and Economic Research: 1949-1952[3] University of Virginia, Wise, part-time instructor and part-time librarian, 1955-1967; professor: 1969-1977 East Tennessee State University, 1967-1969 Activism and independent scholarship Highlander Research and Education Center, education staff: 1977-1980, 1985-1993, 1995-1997; director: 1978-1979[3] Appalshop, director of Appalachian history film project: 1980-1984 National Academy of Sciences, member of committee on underground coal mine safety: 1980 Berea College, director of Appalachian Center: 1993-1995 Publications Colonialism in Modern America: The Appalachian Case, Appalachian Consortium Press, 1978, with Linda Johnson and Donald Askins[3] Remembering Our Past, Building Our Future, Ivanhoe Civic League, 1990, with Suzanne O'Donnell It Comes from the People: Community Development and Local Theology, Temple University Press, 1995, with Mary Ann Hinsdale and Maxine Waller Mountain Sisters: From Convent to Community in Appalachia, University Press of Kentucky, 2003, with Monica Appleby Awards and honors W.D. Weatherford Award, Berea College, 1990, for Remembering Our Past, Building Our Future[3] Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Emory and Henry College, 1999 Honorary Doctorate of Divinity, Wake Forest University, 2000 References Helen (Matthews) Lewis (born October 2, 1924) is a sociologist, historian, and activist who specializes in Appalachia and women's rights. Matthews Lewis has said about herself that she is “part of the long movement for women’s rights.” Its her works on Appalachian Studies that is her biggest contribution to the movement. She is noted for developing an interpretation of Appalachia as an internal United States colony, as well as designing the first academic programs for Appalachian studies.^1 (http://www.southerncultures.org/article/mountain-feminist-helen-matthews-lewis-appalachian-studies-and-the-long-womens-movement)  She also specializes in Appalachian oral history, collecting and preserving the experiences of Appalachian working class women in their own words. Her work and contributions to the field have been a huge influence on an entire generation of scholars who focus on the Appalachia. (same source as above). Lewis was born in Nicholson, Georgia in 1924.[3] Her parents were Hugh and Maurie Matthews, a postal worker and nurse, respectively,[3] and her sister was named JoAnn.[1] She spent her early years in Jackson county, where she witnessed and was deeply affected by Jim Crow racial discrimination.[1] A specific instance that especially stuck with her was when she was laughed at for calling an Africam-American man mister.” (southern cultures) When Lewis was 10, her family moved to Forsyth County, the same county that had tried to oust all African-Americans in 1912.(southern cultures),and  where during his rounds as a mail carrier, her father would warn incoming African Americans that Forsyth county was a dangerous place for them.[1]  Matthews Lewis credits her father for provided a foundation of fairness and caring” that would later play an impact on her activism during her time as a student and beyond. (southern cultures).

Lewis attended Tift College, where she studied for a year before taking a year off to work.[1] It was at taft College where Matthew Lewis would initially begin thinking about race and racial relations in the United States, but more specifically in the South. (southern cultures). She returned to school at the Georgia State College for Women, now Georgia College & State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1946. During her studies she attended an interracial program at the Hartford Theological Seminary, where she and other students worked on industrial projects, and where they lived in “integrated cooperative housing with people across the country.” (Southern cultures).The program was sponsored by the YWCA, and laid the foundation for Lewis' enduring interest in both working class issues and women's issues. This was not the only instance from Matthews Lewis’ past that helped with this foundation. Her time as a graduate student included teaching classes where she navigated an academic system that discriminated against her because she was a woman and the wife of an academic.(southern cultures). Furthermore, while at Georgia College and State University, Matthews Lewis was exposed to some of the most progressive figures at the time including Prestyberterian Minister Charles Jones, who was high up in the Fellowship of Southern Churchman, which was a progressive organization of the time, as well as with Lucy Randolph Mason who at the time was an organizer for the Congress Industrial Organizations. While attending Duke University as a graduate student, she met Judd W. Lewis, whom she would marry. When Judd Lewis went to the University of Virginia, Helen went with him and enrolled in a master's degree program in sociology, earning her degree in 1949. Her thesis, "The Woman Movement and the Negro Movement: Parallel Struggles for Rights," links the histories and developments of the women's suffrage movement with the emerging Civil Rights Movement.[1] Following this the two took jobs at Clinch Valley College in Virginia where Matthews Lewis faced sexism, The school had a policy in which all wives of full-time faculty could not hold full time positions and so Matthews Lewis was forced to work part time. (Southern Cultures). Lewis earned a PhD in sociology at the University of Kentucky in 1970. Her dissertation was entitled "Occupational Roles and Family Roles: A Study of Coal-Mining Families in Southern Appalachia."[1] When describing the approach she takes when studying Appalachia culture in general, Matthews Lewis said “the education process must provide a true understanding of the history and exploitation of the area and a commitment to creative change.” (southern culture).

Leaving Academia and Future Work In the mid-1970s, 1976 to be exactl, Matthews Lewis would decide to leave formal academia. This was the result of her decades long struggle with gender policies at various insitutions as well as more recent issues with powerful coal cooperations. (southern cultures). She would start up work at the Highlander Research and Education Center, a progressive group which encouraged social justice organizing among other things. While at Highlander, Matthews Lewis would focus on “local women’s involvement in community activism” as well as co-edited the handbook, Picking Up the Pieces: Women In and Out of Work in the Rural South, which focused on womens cooperatives and economic education programs” (southern Comfort). In 1978, Matthews Lewis would write her first book with Linda Johnson and Donald Askins titled “Colonialism in Modern America: The Appalachian Case,” this first novel looks at the Appalachian Region and more specifically the economic and social problems in the area, and what role colonialism played in creating these problems. (1). Her second novel titled, Remembering Our Past, Building Our Future focuses on the town of Ivanhoe in Virginia, tracing its history all the way back to when the first Europeans arrived all the way to present day, where current citizrns are trying to save the town” (2). Matthews Lewis third book was published in 1995 and is called It Comes from the People: Community Development and Local Theology. This books looks closely at the community development process and what changes could be implemted to make it better. (3). Most recently, Matthews Lewis alongside Monica Appleby released Mountain Sisters: From Convent to Community in Appalachia in 2003. The book covers the previouslu unknown Glenmary Sisters and their history of fighting for social justice against the church.

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