Clay Clopton, Virginia

A Belle of the Fifties / Virginia Clay-Clopton - 1st edition - NewDelhi: Lector House , 2021. - xxi,269 pages

This reissue of what has long been considered one of the finest female memoirs of the 19th-century South will provide a new generation of readers with a revealing and unusual perspective on the Civil War era. The author was born into the slaveholding elite and frequented the inner circles of Washington and Confederate Richmond. She later became a leader of the women's suffrage movement. Includes a 1999 introduction and annotations, plus b & w photos and portraits of key figures. Originally published in 1905 by Doubleday, Page and Company.


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1775-1899 Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915 Confederate States of America Social life and customs États-Unis Histoire 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) Récits personnels des confédérés HISTORY State & Local Herinneringen (vorm) History

975.02 / CLA