عنوان

Single, white, slaveholding women in the nineteenth-century American South /

(Number (ISBN

1611178711

(Number (ISBN

9781611178715

Erroneous ISBN

9781611178708

Title Proper

Single, white, slaveholding women in the nineteenth-century American South /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Marie S. Molloy.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Columbia, South Carolina :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of South Carolina Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (x, 228 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

The construction of femininity in the antebellum South -- Single women and the southern family -- Work -- Female friendship -- Law, property, and the single woman.

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Text of Note

"Single, White, Slaveholding Women in the Nineteenth-Century American South investigates the lives of unmarried white women--from the pre- to the post-Civil War South--within a society that placed high value on women's marriage and motherhood. Marie S. Molloy examines female singleness to incorporate nonmarriage, widowhood, separation, and divorce. These single women were not subject to the laws and customs of coverture, in which females were covered by or subject to the governance of fathers, brothers, and husbands, and therefore lived with greater autonomy than married women. Molloy contends that the Civil War proved a catalyst for accelerating personal, social, economic, and legal changes for these women. Being a single woman during this time often meant living a creative and nuanced life, operating within a tight framework of traditional gender conventions while managing subtle changes that worked to their advantage. Singleness was often a route to autonomy and independence that over time expanded and reshaped traditional ideals of Southern womanhood"--

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JSTOR

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22573/ctv6vrmq3

Title

Single, white, slaveholding women in the nineteenth-century American South.

International Standard Book Number

9781611178708

Single women-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.

Slaveholders-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.

HISTORY-- Women.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.

Single women.

Slaveholders.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.

Southern States, History, 1775-1865.

Southern States, History, 1865-1877.

Southern States.

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HIS-- 058000

POL-- 038000

SOC-- 002010

SOC-- 022000

SOC-- 028000

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Edition

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Book number

Molloy, Marie S.

Date of Transaction

20200823045942.0

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[Book]

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