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Investigates the lives of unmarried white women - from the pre- to the post-Civil War South - within a society that placed high value on women's marriage and motherhood. Marie S. Molloy examines female singleness to incorporate non-marriage, widowhood, separation, and divorce. She contends that the Civil War proved a catalyst for accelerating personal, social, economic, and legal changes for these women.

Produktbeschreibung
Investigates the lives of unmarried white women - from the pre- to the post-Civil War South - within a society that placed high value on women's marriage and motherhood. Marie S. Molloy examines female singleness to incorporate non-marriage, widowhood, separation, and divorce. She contends that the Civil War proved a catalyst for accelerating personal, social, economic, and legal changes for these women.
Autorenporträt
Marie S. Molloy is a lecturer in American history at Manchester Metropolitan University and an honorary research fellow at Keele University in the United Kingdom. She earned her Ph.D. in American history at Keele University and is working on a book-length study of a select group of single women during the turbulent times of the American Civil War South.