The Women's War in the South: Recollections and Reflections of the American Civil War
Edited by Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg
Prior to the Civil War, society dictated that the proper role for women in society was limited to the home. The war, however, changed that by forcing women into many roles that had been vacated by the men who had left home to take up arms.
The Women's War in the South recounts the manner in which women experienced the war and the changes it brought about in their lives. Filled with excerpts from the letters, books, diaries, and post-war writings the women left behind, it reveals the other side of the war — the women's war. Here are largely first-person accounts of women running farms, buying and selling goods, working outside the home, serving as spies, and even participating in combat in disguise.
Women, particularly Southern women, who often had to confront invading Yankees face-to-face without weapons, had strong feelings about this war. The war meant shortages, sacrifices, and — for many — death by disease, starvation, and battle. Once the war was ended, the grieving did not end quickly, but from their sorrow emerged a legacy of independence and freedom. The Women's War in the South offers a sampling of these experience.
| MARTIN H. GREENBERG, often called the king of anthologists, has compiled more than one thousand anthologies. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Larry Segriff is the author of three novels and numerous short stories. |
$22.95, Paperback
ISBN-10: 1-58182-021-6 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-1-58182-021-8 (Paperback)
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