They raised me up a black single mother and the women who inspired her /
Wilkins, Carolyn
They raised me up a black single mother and the women who inspired her / Carolyn Marie Wilkins. - Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 149 pages) illustrations, portraits.
Includes bibliographies and index.
"At the height of the cocaine-fueled 1980s, Carolyn Wilkins left a disastrous marriage in Washington State and, hoping to make it in the music business, moved with her four-year-old daughter to a gritty working-class town on the edge of Boston. 'They raised me up' is the story of her battle to succeed in the world of jam sessions and jazz clubs--a man's world where women were seen as either sex objects or doormats. To survive, she had to find a way to pay the bills, overcome a crippling case of stage fright, fend off a series of unsuitable men, and most important, find a reliable babysitter. Alternating with Carolyn's story are the stories of her ancestors and mentors--five musically gifted women who struggled to realize their dreams at the turn of the twentieth century: Philippa Schuyler; Marjory Jackson; Lilly Pruett; Ruth Lipscomb; and Alberta Sweeney."--Publisher description.
9780826273086
Wilkins, Carolyn
African American single mothers--Biography.
African American women musicians--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
African American families.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .T449 2013
They raised me up a black single mother and the women who inspired her / Carolyn Marie Wilkins. - Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 149 pages) illustrations, portraits.
Includes bibliographies and index.
"At the height of the cocaine-fueled 1980s, Carolyn Wilkins left a disastrous marriage in Washington State and, hoping to make it in the music business, moved with her four-year-old daughter to a gritty working-class town on the edge of Boston. 'They raised me up' is the story of her battle to succeed in the world of jam sessions and jazz clubs--a man's world where women were seen as either sex objects or doormats. To survive, she had to find a way to pay the bills, overcome a crippling case of stage fright, fend off a series of unsuitable men, and most important, find a reliable babysitter. Alternating with Carolyn's story are the stories of her ancestors and mentors--five musically gifted women who struggled to realize their dreams at the turn of the twentieth century: Philippa Schuyler; Marjory Jackson; Lilly Pruett; Ruth Lipscomb; and Alberta Sweeney."--Publisher description.
9780826273086
Wilkins, Carolyn
African American single mothers--Biography.
African American women musicians--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
African American families.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .T449 2013