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

"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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Superior document:Nation divided
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Place / Publishing House:Charlottesville : : University of Virginia Press,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Nation divided.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Other title:Weaker Sex in War
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."--
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Kristen Brill.