The Daily Life of Southern Women During the Civil War
Before the Civil War, the daily role of a woman would have been to care for the needs of her childeren, keep the house in check, and provide meals for her family. With the arrival of the Civil War her role would have most likley changed, they had to take up the "man's duty" after their fathers, brothers and sons had gone off to fight in the war.
"Confederate Women of Arkansas in the Civil War, 1861-'65: Memorial Reminiscences."
In this source it goes through the daily lives of the women of the South. It goes through multiple point of views through a Confederate woman's eyes. Each collection goes through the indivual aspects of their lives, how they had changed and how the Civil War affected their roles. One woman says, "It was the women that killed hogs and beeves, and in the absence of these brutes, women shouldered guns and went hunting or fishing."
"South Carolina Women in the Confederacy"
In this source, it goes through first hand accounts through a female's perspective in the South. The source includes contemporary letters, reminiscences and diaries that help us see an inside perspective of a women in the Confederacy. For example, it tells us that, "Mrs. Rowe secured a place in the country, about six miles from town, and, directing her own farming affairs, managed to strugle along," after her husbands death in the war.
Their lives had changed but their faith and endurance had been strengthened. Through these sources we are able to have an inside view of what was going in the daily lives on women throughout the war. Women had to take on not only the roles of a "women" but also had to fill in for the role of a "man" due to the men out fighting in the Civil War.