Appalachia

Born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, Lynn grew up in poverty in the heart of Appalachia. Despite the hardships of her upbringing, she found solace and inspiration in the music of her community, honing her singing and songwriting skills from an early age. Loretta Lynn's life and career are a testament to the transformative power of music and the indomitable spirit of a woman who defied the odds to become one of country music's most iconic figures. From her humble…

Dolly Rebecca Parton (b. 1946) is a pillar figure of the music industry with her career and her influence spanning nearly six decades and reaching across genres. Parton was born January 19, in a small town nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, she began performing from a young age, her first performance at age ten began her ascent into superstardom (Watson 2012). She has earned her place as the most renowned female country artist of all time with twenty-five number-one singles on…

I imagine James Still in his little shack with his typewriter and a big burden on his heart. Now, I’m sure he had more than one burden, but I can’t help but notice all the descriptions of the physical beauty of Appalachia. So, I think one of those burdens must have been planting a love for his home in the heart of his readers. He did this through the perspective of a tenderhearted seven year old boy and his five year old little brother. In this analysis I will compare the two boys’ perspectives…

that contains 12 districts, each providing for the capitol. District 12, that is where Katniss and her family lives. There are 13 districts that compete in the Hunger games. District 12 is a very poor coal-mining district located in the area called Appalachia. Katniss and her family live in the poor section of District 12, the Seam. It is where the coal-miners live and work. The district is surrounded by an electrified fence from the woods. People doubt District 12 because it is proven that they…

Majic, S. (2014). Beyond "Victim-Criminals": Sex Workers, Nonprofit Organizations, and Gender Ideologies. Gender & Society, 28(3), 463-485. In this article, the role of the nonprofit to challenge gender ideologies is explored. The article concludes that the ability of the nonprofit to engender change is limited to the institutions that the nonprofit is closest to. This is something to keep in mind when I am considering future sources of funding and which organizations to align with my…

It appears that no matter the generation society will always be completely transfixed by societal gender roles and what it means to be a man or woman. Ron Rash understands this phenomenon and seems to be captivated by the societal craze. He brings light to the subject through an interesting novel, Serena, a tale of a hard-headed woman during the great depression who gets married to a business owner and eventually lets her clout get the best of her. For the time though, women were not supposed to…

of the city. Unhappy with the way that the natural resources are being allocated the family makes the decision to move. With the ambition to “reduce the miles-per-gallon quotient of [their] diet in a gas-oholic world” the family moves to Southern Appalachia to live on a farm where they will be able to use their land to feed their family.…

THESIS Before the Ludlow Massacre on April 20, 1914, miners in Colorado were experiencing working in harsh conditions and low pay. The conflict between the Colorado miners and the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation was an ongoing dispute about the miners wanting higher pay and better living and working conditions. A non-compromise was reached when the miners stopped striking and the militiamen got what they wanted. As a result of the Ludlow Massacre, the miners…

“After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor,” John Huston (Silver and Ursini 237). Crime has become a part of human life. To prevent it, human has created the punishment system to scare others from sin, and the ultimate payment for a crime is death sentence. Death penalty was and still thought to be the most effective and definitive way of examples for crimes’ consequences. Since 1976, the death penalty was re-instituted in the U.S: Texas has executed the total of 529…

The folklore of Appalachia and Kentucky is something that cannot be refuted. In these mountains many stories and superstitions grow. These stories are passed down and recorded. What remains a mystery is whether these stories are rooted in fact or fiction. Ghost stories range in topic from people, places, houses, and more and the superstitions include ghosts and how people live their lives and beyond. Humans as a group are always intrigued by that which they cannot explain with the roots of…