The Southern Lady From Pedesta

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to believe that depraved women and men were the only sexual creatures; thus, they were supposedly incapable of erotic feelings.
Women were often uneducated, and when they began to voice their opinion concerning a need for education, most men disagreed with them. However some men did agree with them, but it was for the wrong reasons. Men believed that women should be educated in order to conduct female responsibilities more gracefully and effectively.
Men felt that women needed to develop their intellectual capacities to become better wives, mothers and companions.
The Civil War brought about a change for southern women. Since most men had been called to fight in the war, southern women had to assume greater responsibilities. They became manufacturers, managers, merchants, planters, and millers. They assumed responsibilities for maintaining, and if possible, increasing the food supply and for producing cotton and wool. They had to make clothes, flags, bandages, tents, and ...

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