The qualities that made her ill-suited for her role as First Lady of the Confederacy served her well when she lobbied for his release from prison. In Varina Howell Davis, Berkin shows a woman of independent mind and spirit who incurred the disapproval of her husband, Jefferson Davis. Drawing on private and public records, Berkin shows us how Angelina Grimke Weld bravely renounced her Southern family's values when she embraced the anti-slavery movement, only to be silenced within her marriage to fellow reformer Theodore Weld. for publication by the press.Ĭelebrated historian Carol Berkin offers a unique understanding of the tumultuous social and political landscape surrounding the lives of three 'accidental heroes'-women whose marriages provided them with position and influence.

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