Women of the South


Monument to the Women of the Confederacy in Confederate Park
Jacksonville, Florida

No words will ever be written that can describe the despair and grief which the women of the South had to endure for four long torturous years.  Many of the people of the South were small prosperous farmers in better times, but now stripped of the main provider and producer, the farms languished and depreciated. With loving hands these women of the South cared for the children, produced what crops were still possible, and tenderly nursed the wounds when called upon to do so. They accepted their duties bravely and cheerfully. They sought to do the best they could under the trying circumstances.