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The weaker sex in war : gender and nationalism in Civil War Virginia /

"Examining the relationship between middle- and planter-class white women who supported the Confederacy, this book demonstrates that elite and middle-class white Southern women--active at home and abroad--played an integral role in the construction of Confederate nationalism as both actors and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brill, Kristen, 1986- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Series:Nation divided.
Subjects:
Women > Confederate States of America > History.
Women > Virginia > History.
Nationalism > Confederate States of America > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Nationalism.
Women.
United States.
United States > Confederate States of America.
Virginia.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Examining the relationship between middle- and planter-class white women who supported the Confederacy, this book demonstrates that elite and middle-class white Southern women--active at home and abroad--played an integral role in the construction of Confederate nationalism as both actors and symbols, and it traces the impact of and the memories surrounding these women's wartime activism into the twentieth century"--
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813947730
0813947731