Genteel Rebel: The Life of Mary Greenhow Lee

ISBN-13: 9780807129272 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 259 str.

Sheila R. Phipps

Opis

This biography depicts the combined effect of social structure, character and national crisis on a woman's life. Mary Greenhow Lee (1819-1907) was raised in a privileged Virginia household. A Confederate sympathizer, she ran an underground postal service, hid contraband and abetted the Rebel cause.