What was a women’s life like right before the Civil War?
I’m doing a project & I have to write 3 journal entries on what a women’s life was like on a plantation or farm before the Civil War & I’m having trouble finding out information. All I need to know is what a normal day of a married women’s life was like during this time…. Any answers? 
On a plantation this would depend upon her social class – if she were married to the master of the plantation, she would do no housework – this would all be done by slaves. Her main functions would be to have children, to act as a gracious hostess during parties (which were frequent among the upper classes), to find husbands and wives for her offspring, and to attend charity functions.
A farm wife would have a much harder existence. She too would be expected to bear children, but she would have to care for them herself (with the assistance of older children, sisters, and so forth). She would have done an awful lot of sewing, knitting, and probably spinning. She would cook most of the meals, help with the harvest, help prepare food for winter storage, help with planting, milk the cows, make the butter and cheese, make the apple cider and the beer, make the candles and the soap, do all the laundry, feed the chickens, haul water, and on and on. The labor was endless.
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CIVIL WAR MAP, VICKSBURG AND ITS VICINITY, PLANTATIONS $65.00 |
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