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From: "Caroline" <>
Subject: [ALDALLAS-L] Architreats Program - Alabama Archives
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 09:45:32 -0600


Subject: Architreats Program
Thursday, Jan 16 at noon


"Did the Civil War Create A New Southern Woman?" will be presented by
George Rable at the Architreats: Food for Thought program on Thursday, Jan.
16th at 12:05 PM in the Ala. Dept. of Archives & History's Milo Howard
Auditorium.
Rable explores the effects of the war on families and the new roles held by
women. Relying on the words of women themselves, this presentation focuses
on women's expectations during the War of Northern Agression, as they
reacted to wartime events and contemplated the changes in their own lives.
Included are stories of women who remained on farms or plantations,
volunteered in hospitals, or worked in factories and government offices.
Rable compares these new challenges with how women dealt with the problems
and sacrifices forced on their families by the war itself.

George Rable is the Charles Summersell Professor of Southern History at
the Univ. of Alabama. He received his Ph.D. in history from LSU. Rable's
research is on the Civil War era and has written numerous books on the
subject.

The noontime program is one in a series of monthy third-Thursday free
lectures at the Archives sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation.
Bring a sack lunch: coffee and tea will be provided by the Friends of the
Archives.


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