A. Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust is a colorful depiction of southern women during the Civil War.
B. As a reader I was able to gain important knowledge and insight on how the privileged women lived their lives. While comparing how their lives changed from the very beginning of the war and to the end.
C. Faust used diaries, newspapers, political documents and expressive letters to show the variety of lives that women during the Civil War lived.
D. Faust developed a story of the civil war from the eyes of the women of the South who felt left out of the war and wanted to contribute.
The book, containing 11 chapters, explains how the Civil War influenced the lives of the wealthy and privileged women of the south.
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2. Faust showed me the insight into the values and struggles that women faced during the Civil War.
a. The women were developing their own roles in society, encouraging one another to take part in the fight.
i. Using letters, newspaper clippings and the women’s diaries, Faust was able to bring me to that time period and to go through the struggles with the women. Faust was able to transport me to the time of the Civil War and show me how the lives of southern women changed. ii. No longer dependent on their husbands, women like, Lucy Wood and Abagail Adams that had insight of the political issues on the home front. Faust showed their knowledge through the letters sent to their husband and fiancé.
b. Faust showed the societal shift of women’s roles and how religion played such a part in their lives. Women no longer were relying on their spouses, they started to become independent.
i. Women began to oversee work and their plantation like a man would. I believe that this movement of women’s roles in society led to women becoming independent and less reliant on their
B. As a reader I was able to gain important knowledge and insight on how the privileged women lived their lives. While comparing how their lives changed from the very beginning of the war and to the end.
C. Faust used diaries, newspapers, political documents and expressive letters to show the variety of lives that women during the Civil War lived.
D. Faust developed a story of the civil war from the eyes of the women of the South who felt left out of the war and wanted to contribute.
The book, containing 11 chapters, explains how the Civil War influenced the lives of the wealthy and privileged women of the south.
Body
1. …show more content…
2. Faust showed me the insight into the values and struggles that women faced during the Civil War.
a. The women were developing their own roles in society, encouraging one another to take part in the fight.
i. Using letters, newspaper clippings and the women’s diaries, Faust was able to bring me to that time period and to go through the struggles with the women. Faust was able to transport me to the time of the Civil War and show me how the lives of southern women changed. ii. No longer dependent on their husbands, women like, Lucy Wood and Abagail Adams that had insight of the political issues on the home front. Faust showed their knowledge through the letters sent to their husband and fiancé.
b. Faust showed the societal shift of women’s roles and how religion played such a part in their lives. Women no longer were relying on their spouses, they started to become independent.
i. Women began to oversee work and their plantation like a man would. I believe that this movement of women’s roles in society led to women becoming independent and less reliant on their