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Mothers of Invention
1996-09-02T05:58:49-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOWFkXC8wNzM3MDYtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Drew Gilpin Faust talked about her new book, Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War, published by University of North Carolina Press. It examines how Southern white women’s roles changed as the men were away at the front and how these new roles permanently altered these women’s views of their place in society.
Drew Gilpin Faust talked about her new book, Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War, published by U…
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Drew Gilpin Faust talked about her new book, Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War, published by University of North Carolina Press. It examines how Southern white women’s roles changed as the men were away at the front and how these new roles permanently altered these women’s views of their place in society. close
Drew Gilpin Faust talked about her new book, Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War, published by U… read more
Drew Gilpin Faust talked about her new book, Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War, published by University of North Carolina Press. It examines how Southern white women’s roles changed as the men were away at the front and how these new roles permanently altered these women’s views of their place in society. close
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