First Lady of the Confederacy : Varina Davis's Civil War.

First Lady of the Confederacy : Varina Davis's Civil War.

When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. For this highly intelligent, acutely observant woman, loyalty did not come easily: she spent long years struggling to reconcile her societal duties to her personal beliefs. Rai...

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Main Author: Cashin, Joan E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Belknap Press [Imprint], Harvard University Press. 2009
Subjects:
Davis, Varina, > 1826-1906.
Davis, Jefferson, > 1808-1889 > Family.
Presidents' spouses > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Confederate States of America > Social conditions.
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