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I found chapter 3 to be very interesting. I had never really considered the different impacts that men going to war would have on women of the upper and lower classes. I was also somewhat surprised by the treatment wives of common confederate soldiers received from upper class wives of planters, especially as their spouses were fighting together for the Confederate cause. That wealthy women would turn to their dependence on men to highlight their status over poor white women, clearly illustrates the amount of dependence women had on men in the Southern society. I believe that this chapter illustrates that for women in Augusta, Georgia, class often came before gender. --Sarah Gardner | I found chapter 3 to be very interesting. I had never really considered the different impacts that men going to war would have on women of the upper and lower classes. I was also somewhat surprised by the treatment wives of common confederate soldiers received from upper class wives of planters, especially as their spouses were fighting together for the Confederate cause. That wealthy women would turn to their dependence on men to highlight their status over poor white women, clearly illustrates the amount of dependence women had on men in the Southern society. I believe that this chapter illustrates that for women in Augusta, Georgia, class often came before gender. --Sarah Gardner | ||
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| + | I agree with Kellye's comment that subordination was all these women knew in life. However, when the Augusta Ladies's society attempted to make clothing paid for solely by fundraising (until they were forced to ask for Confederate money) was their way to be proactive agents in their society. Ultimately, the society did have to ask for money and with the state employed clothing factory, the women were once again subordinated with their dependence on men and on the government.--Joyce M | ||
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