Class Year
2015
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2014
Department 1
History
Abstract
Southern plantation women experienced a shift in identity over the course of the Civil War. Through the diaries of Catherine Edmondston and Eliza Fain, historians note the discrepancy between the ideal and real roles women had while the men were off fighting. Unique perspectives and hidden voices in their writings offer valuable insight into the life of plantation women and the hybrid identity they gained despite the Confederate loss.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Crosby, Kelly H., "The Ideal and the Real: Southern Plantation Women of the Civil War" (2014). Student Publications. 286.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/286
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Comments
History Thesis