Mothers of invention women of the slaveholding south in the american civil war fred w morrison series in southern studies faust drew gilpin isbn 9780807822555 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Mothers of invention women of the slaveholding south in the american civil war the fred w morrison series in southern studies faust drew gilpin isbn 9780807855737 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. 1996 mothers of invention women of the slaveholding south in the american civil war history reviews of new books vol 24 no 4 pp 151 152. Faust draws on the eloquent diaries letters essays memoirs fiction and poetry of more than 500 of the confederacys elite women to show that with the disintegration of slavery and the disappearance of prewar prosperity every part of these womens lives became vexed and uncertain but it was not just females who worried about the changing nature of gender relations in the wartime south . According to drew gilpin faust writing about and researching the history of elites is a topic that lately has not been considered fashionable but one she takes interest in with her book mothers of invention women of the slaveholding south in the american civil war in drews estimation the civil war changed the roles of white