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What Life Was Really Like for “Southern Belles” During the Civil War
Modern-day debate over the Confederacy centers on the dangerous myths upheld by things like the Confederate battle flag, which is used both as a racist symbol and a beacon of a “simpler” Southern society by its proponents today. So…what was life really like for Southern belles before and during the war?
More: http://daily.jstor.org/life-really-like-southern-belles-civil-war/
Modern-day debate over the Confederacy centers on the dangerous myths upheld by things like the Confederate battle flag, which is used both as a racist symbol and a beacon of a “simpler” Southern society by its proponents today. So…what was life really like for Southern belles before and during the war?
More: http://daily.jstor.org/life-really-like-southern-belles-civil-war/