TY - BOOK AU - Clay Clopton, Virginia TI - A Belle of the Fifties SN - 9789357981323 U1 - 975.02 PY - 2021/// CY - NewDelhi PB - Lector House KW - 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 N1 - 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 ER -