Genteel Rebel : The Life of Mary Greenhow Lee /

As a Confederate sympathizer in the hotly contested small border town of Winchester, Virginia, she ran an underground postal service, hid contraband under her nieces' dresses, abetted the Rebel cause, and was finally banished."--Jacket.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Phipps, Sheila R., 1948-
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lee, Mary Greenhow, > 1819-
Women.
Femmes > Virginie > Winchester > Biographies.
Women > Virginia > Winchester > Biography.
Virginia > Winchester.
Virginia.
Virginie > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
Winchester (Va.) > Biography.
Winchester (Va.) > History > 19th century.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • My birthday, I have spent it profitably
  • A most accurate remembrance of my wild kicks : the early development of a rebel
  • In the palm days of old Winchester : the environment of Mary Greenhow Lee's transformation to responsibility
  • Secesh lives here : 132 North Market Street
  • Village on the frontier : Winchester, Virginia
  • We share & bear : wartime domestic politics in the Lee household
  • Nothing to interfere with my soldier work : Mary Greenhow Lee's warfare disguised as housekeeping
  • This is surely the day of woman's power : Mary Greenhow Lee's gender warfare
  • I feel quite independent now.

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