Southern single blessedness, unmarried women in the urban South, 1800-1865, Christine Jacobson Carter
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Southern single blessedness, unmarried women in the urban South, 1800-1865, Christine Jacobson Carter
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-216) and index
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contains biographical information
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Southern single blessedness
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bibliography
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58456961
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Christine Jacobson Carter
Sub title
unmarried women in the urban South, 1800-1865
Table Of Contents
Introduction: "more purity and active goodness" -- "Upon those shady banks-- to stand and view the busy world": unmarried women's antebellum Savannah and Charleston -- "A glory such as marriage never gave": the literature and ideology of urban southern single blessedness -- "At home where I am a very important personage": dutiful daughters, single sisters, and maiden aunts -- "To know that you still love me": female friends and female friendships -- Seeking an "extensive sphere of usefulness": women's benevolence in antebellum Savannah and Charleston -- "Such a strong personal love of the old place": enclaves undone in Civil War Charleston and Savannah
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- Single women -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Single women -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century
- Single women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
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- Single women -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Single women -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century
- Single women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
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