Participant Info

First Name
Janet
Last Name
Allured
Affiliation
University of Arkansas
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Keywords
U.S. South, Modern U.S., American women, Louisiana, New South, twentieth century America, social history, women's and gender history, Methodism
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About Me

Allured is adjunct professor of history at the University of Arkansas, and is retired as Professor of History and director of Women’s Studies at McNeese State University.  She received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Arkansas in 1989 and is co-editor of Louisiana Women:  Their Lives and Times, Volume 1, with Judith Gentry, and Louisiana Legacies:  Readings in the History of the Pelican State, with Michael Martin.

Her current research is on the role of southern Methodist women and progressive reform in the long twentieth century.

Recent Publications

Allured’s article about Janet Mary Riley, who helped to overturn the old “Head and Master” provision of the community property system in her home state of Louisiana, is in Louisiana Women, vol. 2.

Remapping Second-Wave Feminism:  The Long Women’s Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950-1997, has received rave reviews:  https://www.amazon.com/Remapping-Second-Wave-Feminism-Janet-Allured-ebook/dp/B01N75TXFN/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531419113&sr=1-1&keywords=%22remapping+second-wave+feminism%22

Media Coverage
https://www.c-span.org/video/?451341-1/remapping-wave-feminism
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
20th century
Expertise by Topic
Gender, Religion, Women