Wilkins, Carolyn <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780826273086 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wilkins, Carolyn
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American single mothers--Biography.<br/>African American women musicians--Biography.<br/>African American women--Biography.<br/>African American families.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E185  / .T449 2013