The Weaker Sex in War: Gender and Nationalism in Civil War Virginia

2022·1.5 MB·English

by  Kristen Brill

The Weaker Sex in War
A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era
Orville Vernon Burton and Elizabeth R. Varon, Editors
The Weaker Sex in War
Gender and Nationalism in Civil War Virginia
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Kristen Brill
University of Virginia Press
Charlottesville and London
University of Virginia Press
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First published 2022
ISBN 978-0-8139-4771-6 (hardcover)
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For my grandmother

Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union 17
Chapter 2
Ladies’ Defense Association 35
Chapter 3
The Richmond Bread Riot 54
Chapter 4
Confederate Women and Britain 74
Chapter 5
The Home for Needy Confederate Women 99
Epilogue 119
Notes 125
Bibliography 163
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