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Although women seemed to play a large role in the memorializaion of the Confederate dead, they still tried to remain subordinate to men. And in some cases, they even allowed men to play a role in the organization itself (discussed on page 189). How do you think this affected the advancement of women in the postwar society and did this limit their public role? -ABratchie | Although women seemed to play a large role in the memorializaion of the Confederate dead, they still tried to remain subordinate to men. And in some cases, they even allowed men to play a role in the organization itself (discussed on page 189). How do you think this affected the advancement of women in the postwar society and did this limit their public role? -ABratchie | ||
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| + | The Confederate Survivors Association tried to preserve their memory, and in doing so, their histories of the Civil War "was based on a selective remembering of wartime events." How do you think this "selective remembering" affected the memory of the war in the South? Also, in their reconstruction of certain events, like Sherman's march, memories shifted to make the North seem less "manly." What role do these memories play in the history of the memory of the war? -ABratchie | ||
