Immediately after the Civil War; white women across the South organized to retrieve the remains of Confederate soldiers. In Virginia alone; these Ladies' Memorial Associations (LMAs) relocated and reinterred the remains of more than 72;000 soldiers. Challenging the notion that southern white women were peripheral to the Lost Cause movement until the 1890s; Caroline Janney restores these women as the earliest creators and purveyors of Confederate tradition. Long before national groups such as the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the United Daughters of the Confederacy were established; Janney shows; local LMAs were earning sympathy for defeated Confederates. Her exploration introduces new ways in which gender played a vital role in shaping the politics; culture; and society of the late nineteenth-century South.
#231808 in Books The University of North Carolina Press 2007-02-26 2007-02-26Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.50 x .85 x 6.00l; 1.06 #File Name: 0807858196376 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. If one wishes a very good history regarding women during the Civil War and their ...By Richard Shain CohenIf one wishes a very good history regarding women during the Civil War and their service in the hospitals; as well as the story of women after the war; then this is a book to read. The information is not only informative but well presented. The story of women and their treatment is rending; yet at the same time admirable because of their determination during and after the war to show that women were ore than show pieces or slaves to the men; having babies and just taking care of the home.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Very interestingBy Brenda KnickerbockerWhat a great book. Describes the trials of women working during the Civil War. Many of their hardships were just because they were women. Beside the medical difficulties they even had to worry about feeding their patients.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. General ReviewBy 43lyndaThis is an indepth review of the nurses in general. I was looking more for a one person story. This a lot of information about what ladies battled in their quest to be useful in the war.
