Title: Confederate women
First published: 1975
Description: Southern women of the 1860's, as here revealed with the help of their own letters and diaries, were decidedly not the clinging vines described in romantic writings of later years. In a very real sense, the tragic Civil War was, for the Confederates, a women's war. Women were ardent in advocating secession. Women were indefatigable in running farms and families and infirmaries while their men fought. Throughout the hopeless war, the women conducted themselves in ways that earned the solid respect of their men, and in ways that won for women the first measured gains toward equality.
Subjects: Women, Frau, Sudstaaten, Chesnut, mary boykin miller, 1823-1886, Clay-clapton, virginia, 1825-1915
Places: Confederate States of America
People: Virginia Clay-Clopton (1825-1915), Varina Davis (1826-1906), Mary Boykin (Miller) Chesnut (1823-1886), Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1823-1886)