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For a decent part of the reading it describes how the war was actually one for masculinity. The men went to war to protect the women, and after the war they buried the Confederate cause to take care of their women (as well as set up groups to assist widows and orphans.) It makes the women and the children sound completely helpless, didn’t some women end up liking the freedom and power they had while the men were off at war? –Megan Mc. | For a decent part of the reading it describes how the war was actually one for masculinity. The men went to war to protect the women, and after the war they buried the Confederate cause to take care of their women (as well as set up groups to assist widows and orphans.) It makes the women and the children sound completely helpless, didn’t some women end up liking the freedom and power they had while the men were off at war? –Megan Mc. | ||
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| + | I was not surprised that the citizens of Augusta county did not like to give economic assistance to African American citizens. Since African Americans were no longer slaves of whites, whites did not want to help out African Americans unless they acknowledged primacy of the white household.- Nick | ||
