Sally G. McMillen was born March 9, 1944 she is the Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History at Davidson College. The professorship was established in 1960 by a gift from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, in honor of Mary Reynolds Babcock, the sister of Zachary Smith Reynolds.Some of her books include Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement, Motherhood in the Old South: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infant Rearing, To Raise Up the South: Sunday Schools in Black and White Churches, 1865-1915 and Southern Women: Black and White in the Old South, 3rd Edition

• Introduction: An Overview of the South and Southern Women 1Suggested Reading 161 Family Life, Sexuality, and Marriage 18Family 18Courtship 23Miscegenation and Sexuality 31Black Women and Marriage 41White Women and Marriage 48Laws, Marriage, and Divorce 55Suggested Reading 652 Reproduction and Child-rearing 67Fertility 67Pregnancy 74Childbearing 79Child-rearing 88Infant Feeding and Care 90Infant Health Problems 93Death and Mourning 101Outside Intervention in Childcare 106Suggested Reading 1093 Social Concerns: Education and Religion 111Education 111The School Experience 118Education for the Less Privileged 128Black Women and Religion 132White Women and Religion 136Women’s Benevolence 145Suggested Reading 1494 Women and Work 151The Meaning of Southern Women’s Work 151Slave and Free Black Labor 153Slave Punishment and Resistance 161White Women and Work 166Work on the Frontier 172Paid Employment 175Single Women and Non-Traditional Roles 183Interracial and Class Relationships 190Outsiders and Slavery 199Suggested Reading 2025 Southern Women and the Confederacy 205Elite Women’s Involvement on the Home Front 208Enslaved and Free Black Women 217Yeoman Wives and Poor Farmwives 222Work and Daily Life on the Home Front 227Changing Patterns on the Home Front 235Hardship and Death 237Coping Skills and Union Supporters 242End of War 244Suggested Reading 247Conclusion 250Index 255

Sally G. McMillen was born March 9, 1944 she is the Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History at Davidson College. The professorship was established in 1960 by a gift from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, in honor of Mary Reynolds Babcock, the sister of Zachary Smith Reynolds.Some of her books include Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement, Motherhood in the Old South: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infant Rearing, To Raise Up the South: Sunday Schools in Black and White Churches, 1865-1915 and Southern Women: Black and White in the Old South, 3rd Edition

• Introduction: An Overview of the South and Southern Women 1Suggested Reading 161 Family Life, Sexuality, and Marriage 18Family 18Courtship 23Miscegenation and Sexuality 31Black Women and Marriage 41White Women and Marriage 48Laws, Marriage, and Divorce 55Suggested Reading 652 Reproduction and Child-rearing 67Fertility 67Pregnancy 74Childbearing 79Child-rearing 88Infant Feeding and Care 90Infant Health Problems 93Death and Mourning 101Outside Intervention in Childcare 106Suggested Reading 1093 Social Concerns: Education and Religion 111Education 111The School Experience 118Education for the Less Privileged 128Black Women and Religion 132White Women and Religion 136Women’s Benevolence 145Suggested Reading 1494 Women and Work 151The Meaning of Southern Women’s Work 151Slave and Free Black Labor 153Slave Punishment and Resistance 161White Women and Work 166Work on the Frontier 172Paid Employment 175Single Women and Non-Traditional Roles 183Interracial and Class Relationships 190Outsiders and Slavery 199Suggested Reading 2025 Southern Women and the Confederacy 205Elite Women’s Involvement on the Home Front 208Enslaved and Free Black Women 217Yeoman Wives and Poor Farmwives 222Work and Daily Life on the Home Front 227Changing Patterns on the Home Front 235Hardship and Death 237Coping Skills and Union Supporters 242End of War 244Suggested Reading 247Conclusion 250Index 255

Sally G. McMillen was born March 9, 1944 she is the Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History at Davidson College. The professorship was established in 1960 by a gift from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, in honor of Mary Reynolds Babcock, the sister of Zachary Smith Reynolds.Some of her books include Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement, Motherhood in the Old South: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infant Rearing, To Raise Up the South: Sunday Schools in Black and White Churches, 1865-1915 and Southern Women: Black and White in the Old South, 3rd Edition

• Introduction: An Overview of the South and Southern Women 1Suggested Reading 161 Family Life, Sexuality, and Marriage 18Family 18Courtship 23Miscegenation and Sexuality 31Black Women and Marriage 41White Women and Marriage 48Laws, Marriage, and Divorce 55Suggested Reading 652 Reproduction and Child-rearing 67Fertility 67Pregnancy 74Childbearing 79Child-rearing 88Infant Feeding and Care 90Infant Health Problems 93Death and Mourning 101Outside Intervention in Childcare 106Suggested Reading 1093 Social Concerns: Education and Religion 111Education 111The School Experience 118Education for the Less Privileged 128Black Women and Religion 132White Women and Religion 136Women’s Benevolence 145Suggested Reading 1494 Women and Work 151The Meaning of Southern Women’s Work 151Slave and Free Black Labor 153Slave Punishment and Resistance 161White Women and Work 166Work on the Frontier 172Paid Employment 175Single Women and Non-Traditional Roles 183Interracial and Class Relationships 190Outsiders and Slavery 199Suggested Reading 2025 Southern Women and the Confederacy 205Elite Women’s Involvement on the Home Front 208Enslaved and Free Black Women 217Yeoman Wives and Poor Farmwives 222Work and Daily Life on the Home Front 227Changing Patterns on the Home Front 235Hardship and Death 237Coping Skills and Union Supporters 242End of War 244Suggested Reading 247Conclusion 250Index 255