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29 de jul. de 2015 · So…what was life really like for Southern belles before and during the war? Not simple at all, writes Giselle Roberts, who studies the ideal and the reality of the Southern belle both before and during the Civil War.
The Southern belle archetype is characterized by Southern hospitality, a cultivation of beauty, and a flirtatious yet chaste demeanor. For example, Sallie Ward, who was born into the planter class of Kentucky in the Antebellum South, was called a Southern belle.
- Antebellum Women
- Breaking The Stereotype
- Interactions with The Wounded
- Yankee Nurses
- Conclusion
The life of a plantation mistress was constructed to be one of leisure. Unlike their counterparts in the North, young ladies in the South had no opportunities to earn wages on their own, thus the only means by which to leave the family home was through marriage. Young women in the northern states; however, were entering the work force in factories ...
Many belles responded to the call with a sense of duty and pride, while an even greater number deemed this type of work to be unfit for a lady. Kate Kumming, a dedicated Confederate nurse, recalled being told that the hospitals were no places for women and that was not considered “respectable to go into one.” In April 1862, Kumming arrived in Corin...
After being wounded in battle, Alexander Hunter was treated at a Petersburg hospital. He briefly described rows of “extended wasted figures burning with fever and raving from the agony of splintered bones,” and the “sickening odor of medicine, the nephritic air shut in by the closed windows.”Confederate nurses dealt with these sights, sounds, and s...
When first offered the job of superintendent at Chimborazo, Pember thought it was a “startling proposition to a woman used to all the comforts of luxurious life.”Pember and many other women of this ilk soon uncovered the strength which they were endowed. Women of the North had grown more confident by exerting their strength and as a result had beco...
While Dix and Livermore were actively pursuing social reform and education during the 1840’s, Mrs. Virginia Clay of Tuscaloosa, Alabama was attending balls. She described scenes of “belles of the town” looking “resplendent in fresh and fashionable toilettes.” Twenty years hence, Phoebe Yates Pember, who was of the same social standing as Mrs. Clay,...
In the 19th century, societal expectations and gender norms played a significant role in shaping the image and role of southern belles. These women were expected to embody the ideals of femininity, beauty, and gentility as envisioned by the antebellum South.
18 de ago. de 2014 · Disunion. The Civil War and the Southern Belle. By Karen Abbott. August 18, 2014 7:01 pm. Comment. Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded. In the beginning of the war, Southern women...
Louisiana Southern belle, Eliza Lucy Irion, who, upon leaving school, was thrust into a life of “visits, parties, and balls that would characterize her formal induction into elite society” (190). Eliza’s upbringing was one of many that would later be idealized and reimagined in fiction.
Southern belles were raised with the expectation of marrying well and maintaining an air of innocence and flirtatiousness. Blanche DuBois is often interpreted as a fading Southern belle, struggling with these traditional expectations and the realities of a modern, industrialised society.
