
When Confederate men marched off to battle, southern women struggled with the new responsibilities of directing farms and plantations, providing for families, and supervising increasingly restive slaves. Drew Faust offers a compelling picture of the more than half-million women...

When Confederate men marched off to battle, southern women struggled with the new responsibilities of directing farms and plantations, providing for families, and supervising increasingly restive slaves. Drew Faust offers a compelling picture of the more than half-million women...

![Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding... [Large Print] 0807866164 Book Cover](https://i.thriftbooks.com/api/imagehandler/l/BB0E37D3C0BDD449FB191F41012DB5CDB8F8CE95.jpeg)
When Confederate men marched off to battle, southern women struggled with the new responsibilities of directing farms and plantations, providing for families, and supervising increasingly restive slaves. Drew Faust offers a compelling picture of the more than half-million women...