Burying the Dead but Not the Past: Ladies' Memorial Associations and the Lost Cause (Civil War America)
"Janney has succeeded in crafting a thoughtful study that illuminates a little known area of the formation of the Lost Cause ideology."--South Carolina Historical MagazineA well-documented study of this unique women's movement after the Civil War. Any serious student of the Civil War or Reconstruction should be aware of the powerful arguments extended by Janney."--On Point"An elegant, informative study that restores these forgotten women to postwar southern history and successfully challenges important scholarly arguments."--The Alabama Review"This clearly written and well-researched book definitely deepens our understanding of the earliest roots of Confederate memorialization and the Lost Cause."--Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era"This excellent and well-written book illuminates the work of an important group in the South's Lost Cause movement."--American Historical Review"[This] excellent study speaks to a significant gap in the literature of southern cultural memory, gender, and Reconstruction. Not only is it a must-read for anyone working in those areas, but it is a key contribution to the study of women and gender in this period."--Journal of American History"[An] impressive book. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"Janney's fine monograph is grounded in an impressive body of archival material supported by a very strong command of a wide array of secondary source literature."--Southern Historian"Janney's thoughtful study helps the Ladies to claim their rightful place in the history of Confederate memory making. Her lively stories of their hard-fought campaigns to build some of the most notable monuments of the state likewise make this an entertaining and valuable addition to the history of southern women's activism after the war."--Virginia Magazine"Sheds light on a previously obscure part of southern women's history. . . . Convincingly demonstrates that women continued to participate in a civic role after the fall of the Confederacy."--Virginia Quarterly Review