"By 1865, all Southern women - the happily……" — Karen Abbott
"By 1865, all Southern women - the happily and regrettably single, the perpetually engaged, the wives and widows - had tired of the war. The Confederacy was shrinking, and the morale of its remaining men shrinking with it."
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8 Quotes by Karen Abbott
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Leave the fireworks for those who cast no spark of their own.
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In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that…
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At least in cities where the Confederate Army established a base of operations, young women were overwhelmed by the number…
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