McMillen, Sally G. 　著

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Forward vii Acknowledgments xi INTRODUCTION: An Overview of the South and Southern Women 1 CHAPTER ONE: Family Life and Marriage 13 Family 13 Courtship and Marriage 17 Miscegenation and Sexuality 25 Marriage 34 Black Women and Marriage 37 White Women and Marriage 41 Laws and Marriage 48 CHAPTER TWO: Reproduction and Childrearing 57 Fertility 57 Pregnancy 62 Childbearing 66 Motherhood and Childrearing 74 CHAPTER THREE: Social Concerns: Education and Religion 90 Education 90 The School Experience 95 Education for the Less Privileged 101 White Women and Religion 104 Women???s Benevolence 111 Black Women and Religion 114 CHAPTER FOUR: Women and Work 118 The Meaning of Southern Women???s Work 118 Slave Labor 120 Slave Protest 126 White Women and Work 128 Work on the Frontier 132 Paid Employment 135 Nontraditional Roles 140 Interracial and Class Relationships 144 Those Who Questioned Slavery 151 CHAPTER FIVE: Southern Women and the Confederacy 154 Elite White Women 155 Slave and Free Black Women 172 Yeoman and Poor Farmwives 176 Coping Skills and Union Supporters 180 End of War 182 Conclusion 183 Bibliographical Essay 187 Index 209 Photos follow page 100