The Southern gentleman s view of Southern women is a good indication as to how effortless these women managed their huge responsibilities. The men thought that their women should be ladies and protected from the realities of life and yet the women were in the midst of more reality than the menfolk dealing with both ends of it from childbirth to overseeing the slaughtering and butchering of livestock. When plantation owners died, it was not unknown for his widow to successfully take over the running of the land. It is no wonder that when the first waves of war blew across the South, that the Ladies of the Confederacy were able to jump so readily into the activity required of them, whether it be collecting donations for fundraising, stitching uniforms, or working amongst the death and blood of a battle site hospital they had been training for this all of their married lives. Apart from showing what readers think of individual articles, it is a helpful guide for me in deciding which topics to cover.
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