Interviews of Wise County, Virginia, residents, 2017.

Often referred to as the leader of inspiration in Appalachian studies, Helen Matthews Lewis linked scholarship with activism and encouraged deeper analysis of t

Monica Appleby and Helen Lewis reveal the largely untold story of women who stood up to the Church and joined Appalachians in their struggle for social justice.

While all history has the potential to be political, public history is uniquely so: public historians engage in historical inquiry outside the bubble of scholar