This collection addresses how gender scholarship has changed interpretations of the Civil War. Th...

This pioneering study of the much-mythologized Southern belle offers the first serious look at th...

Until recently, the 'womanless' American history was the norm. But in fact, without a history of ...

“This engaging, wonderfully written narrative provides fresh insight into this complex woman. It ...

A lively, comprehensive account of the struggle for women's rights at a vital time in our nationa...

Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by...

A British stage star turned Georgia plantation mistress, Fanny Kemble is perhaps best remembered ...

Historians Catherine Clinton and Nina Silber have edited a collection of essays that deal with th...

When Europeans settled in the early South, they quarreled over many things--but few imbroglios we...

Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by...

When Europeans settled in the early South, they quarrelled over many things --- but few imbroglio...

Tracing the development of the field of southern women's history over the past half century, this...