Raise Up a Child

by Hudley, Edith V. P.; Haight, Wendy; Miller, Peggy J.

• ISBN13: 9780925065476
• ISBN10: 0925065471
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Lyceum Books

Author Biography

Edith Hudley is a mother, grandmother, church deaconess, and a master storyteller. She has devoted over seventy years to the care and nurture of the many children who have called her "Mama" Wendy Haight, Ph.D. University of Chicago is Associate Professor of Social Work at The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Peggy Miller, Ph.D. Teachers College, Columbia University is Professor of Psychology and Speech Communication at The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Childhood	p. 1
Family	p. 5
Watching, Listening, Questioning	p. 10
That Little Switch	p. 15
Mamie's Death	p. 19
Other Mothers	p. 25
Community	p. 28
Racism and Resistance	p. 34
The Dead Return	p. 41
Religion and Spirituality	p. 46
Youth	p. 59
Eighth Grade	p. 61
Working for Miz A.	p. 64
Protection against Predators	p. 69
Keeping to the Right Path	p. 73
Segregation and Integration	p. 76
Oppression and Resistance	p. 81
Married Life	p. 91
Courtship	p. 94
Outsmarting Mr. Bill and Cousin Oscar	p. 96
Working in the Shipyards	p. 101
Aaron's Death	p. 106
Family Troubles	p. 108
No More Babies	p. 113
Storekeeping	p. 117
Edna and Kathareen	p. 120
The Accident	p. 125
Mother Ewing	p. 130
Mentoring	p. 134
Raising Children	p. 143
Raising Sand about School	p. 146
Working with the Teachers	p. 151
Chastising Children	p. 154
Two Different Children	p. 160
Fathers	p. 163
Other People's Children	p. 170
Physical Discipline	p. 173
Later Years	p. 185
Meeting Floyd	p. 187
Floyd and His Sons	p. 192
Little Edith and Lulu May	p. 196
Reaching Out in Salt Lake City	p. 203
Thoughts about Death	p. 205
Narrative	p. 207
Chronology of Important Events in the Life of Edith V.P. Hudley	p. 217
Important People in the Life of Edith V.P. Hudley	p. 220
Notes for Students	p. 223
Index	p. 227
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