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

Van Pelt Library E628 .B84 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brill, Kristen, 1986- author.
Contributor:
James Lader Fund.
Series:
Nation divided
A nation divided: Studies in the Civil War era
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Women--Confederate States of America--History.
Women.
Women--Virginia--History.
Nationalism--Confederate States of America--History.
Nationalism.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
United States.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia.
Physical Description:
xvi, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union
ch. 2 Ladies' Defense Association
ch. 3 The Richmond Bread Riot
ch. 4 Confederate Women and Britain
ch. 5 The Home for Needy Confederate Women.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-178) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Lader Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Brill, Kristen, 1986- Weaker sex in war
ISBN:
9780813947716
0813947715
9780813947723
0813947723
OCLC:
1315757005
Publisher Number:
99993038392

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