Title: A civil life in an uncivil time :
Authors: Whitacre, Paula,
Date: 2017
Publisher: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,
Physical description: x, 291 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: F
Contents: Prologue: the saddest sound I ever heard -- Part I. Before the war -- A peculiar period in my pilgrimage -- Slavery is an evil that ought not to exist -- My plans overthrown; life all changed -- At Alexandria...the Potomac rolls its majestic stream -- Part II. During the war -- Civil War is upon us -- My way seems clear to go -- What a place I have found -- Mrs. J and I may carry out our plans -- An interfering and troublesome person -- I wish to...fight it through -- Will it pay? -- As good a spot as could be obtained -- Things as usual, quite unsettled -- Flung my flag to the breeze -- Part III. After the war -- The paraphernalia of war is fast disappearing -- That I might be there to see -- Epilogue: the burial was at Avon.
Subject headings (LCSH): Alexandria (Va.)--Biography.; Avon (N.Y.)--Biography.; Quakers--Virginia--Alexandria--Biography.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Suffragists--Virginia--Alexandria--Biography.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.; Wilbur, Julia, 1815-1895.; Women abolitionists--Virginia--Alexandria--Biography.; Women civil rights workers--Virginia--Alexandria--Biography.; Women--Suffrage--United States--History--19th century.