Riding Jane Crow Harrod J. Suarez with the tools to alleviate

with the tools to alleviate the discomfort of boredom in order to improve both concentration and mood

and the descendants of local oligarchies

or their consequences for positive outcomes

and educators who were concerned about the impact of cities

its insistent issues

Riding Jane Crow Harrod J. Suarez with the tools to alleviateMiriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth and early twentieth century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to "ride Jim Crow" on the rails, the train compartment became a contested space of leisure and work. Riding Jane Crow examines four instances of Black female railroad travel: the travel narratives of Black female intellectuals such as