Southern women
Subtitle: black and white in the Old South
By: Sally G. McMillen.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The American history series
Publisher: Harland Davidson
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Wheeling, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Women -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; African American women -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; Women -- Southern States -- Social conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Family -- Courtship and marriage -- Miscegenation and sexuality -- Marriage -- Black women and marriage -- White women and marriage -- Laws and marriage -- Fertility -- Pregnancy -- Childbearing -- Motherhood and childrearing -- Education -- The school experience -- Education for the less privileged -- White women and religion -- Women's benevolence -- Black women and religion -- The meaning of southern women's work -- Slave labor -- Slave protest -- White women and work -- Work on the frontier -- Paid employment -- Nontraditional roles -- Interracial and class relationships -- Those who questioned slavery -- Elite white women -- Slave and free black women -- Yeoman and poor farmwives -- Coping skills and union supporters -- End of war -- Conclusion.