Scarlett's Sisters: Young Women in the Old South

by Anya Jabour

Scarlett's Sisters explores the meaning of nineteenth-century southern womanhood from the vantage point of the celebrated fictional character's flesh-and-blood young, elite, white women. Anya Jabour demonstrates that southern girls and young women faced a major turning point when the Civil War forced them to assume new roles and responsibilities as independent women. By tracing the lives of young white women in a society in flux, Jabour reveals how the South's old social order was maintained and a new one created as southern girls and young women learned, questioned, and ultimately changed what it meant to be a southern lady.

Genres: History, Civil War, Womens, American History, Nonfiction

384 pages, Hardcover

First published March 19, 2007

Reviews

[KappaBooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really interesting subject matter. I like how the author delved into the Civil War and young Confederate girls' reactions to it. Another different perspective that is interesting to learn about. I though the other dealt with the inclusion of primary sources well and didn't repeat herself too often.

[Mark Cheathem · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book on young, white, elite southern women. It is suggestive rather than definitive.

[Emily Carroll · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, explores what southern women actually went thought throughout their lives and the ways they rebelled against the stereotypes they were forced to live by.