This thesis compares the postbellum reminiscences of men and women regarding antebellum white womanhood, and explains how these reminiscences were influenced by the Lost Cause ideology that...Show moreThis thesis compares the postbellum reminiscences of men and women regarding antebellum white womanhood, and explains how these reminiscences were influenced by the Lost Cause ideology that dominated after the Civil War. This research is connected with debates regarding female agency in the antebellum South, and presents a multifaceted view of antebellum women.Show less
