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Table of Contents
Introduction: An Overview of the South and Southern Women 1
Suggested Reading 16
1 Family Life, Sexuality, and Marriage 18
Family 18
Courtship 23
Miscegenation and Sexuality 31
Black Women and Marriage 41
White Women and Marriage 48
Laws, Marriage, and Divorce 55
Suggested Reading 65
2 Reproduction and Child-rearing 67
Fertility 67
Pregnancy 74
Childbearing 79
Child-rearing 88
Infant Feeding and Care 90
Infant Health Problems 93
Death and Mourning 101
Outside Intervention in Childcare 106
Suggested Reading 109
3 Social Concerns: Education and Religion 111
Education 111
The School Experience 118
Education for the Less Privileged 128
Black Women and Religion 132
White Women and Religion 136
Women’s Benevolence 145
Suggested Reading 149
4 Women and Work 151
The Meaning of Southern Women’s Work 151
Slave and Free Black Labor 153
Slave Punishment and Resistance 161
White Women and Work 166
Work on the Frontier 172
Paid Employment 175
Single Women and Non-Traditional Roles 183
Interracial and Class Relationships 190
Outsiders and Slavery 199
Suggested Reading 202
5 Southern Women and the Confederacy 205
Elite Women’s Involvement on the Home Front 208
Enslaved and Free Black Women 217
Yeoman Wives and Poor Farmwives 222
Work and Daily Life on the Home Front 227
Changing Patterns on the Home Front 235
Hardship and Death 237
Coping Skills and Union Supporters 242
End of War 244
Suggested Reading 247
Conclusion 250
Index 255
