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...

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

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

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