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Summary:

"Between 1861 and 1865, approximately 200,000 women were widowed by the deaths of Civil War soldiers. They recorded their experiences in diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and pension applications. In Love and Duty, Angela Esco Elder draws on these materials--as well as songs, literary works, and material objects like mourning gowns--to explore white Confederate widows' stories, examining the records of their courtships, marriages, loves, and losses to understand their complicated relationship with the Confederate state. Elder shows how, in losing their husbands, many women acquired significant cultural capital, which positioned them as unlikely actors to gain political influence"-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Elder, Angela Esco , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Love and duty: Confederate widows and the emotional politics of loss [by Elder, A.E.]

Related Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Subjects:

Widows — Confederate States of America — History

United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Women

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

E628 .E44 2022eb

ISBNs:

9781469667751 (electronic bk.)
1469667754 (electronic bk.)
9781469667737 [Invalid]
1469667738 [Invalid]
9781469667744 [Invalid]
1469667746 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1303666024

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6916226 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp17872346