tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post6017223193526037917..comments2024-03-25T09:01:20.997-07:00Comments on Diary of an Autodidact: Birthday Books 2016Diary of an Autodidacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-66570592913517099232016-08-21T14:56:26.667-07:002016-08-21T14:56:26.667-07:00That is odd. Realizing that it was fiction, I sti...That is odd. Realizing that it was fiction, I still remember when I was a kid and we got to the part in the Elsie Dinsmore books where it talked about the fact that Elsie had never dressed herself in her life (being at the time supposedly around 18 years old). I was dumb-struck by that and it seemed ridiculous to a 9-10 year old who took great pride in dressing herself, and her younger brother. I still coveted Elsie's great wealth, but that was when I began to see the down side of the antebellum world of wealth as far as the whites were concerned. Who wants to be dependent on someone else to dress them while still in perfectly good health? No thanks. That's just weird! And, from an adult perspective - it's so sad for the servants/slaves that are thus necessary. :-/Mary E. Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206071568335923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-4895795677226048892016-08-19T08:55:32.537-07:002016-08-19T08:55:32.537-07:00It was kind of on the theory that Southern women d...It was kind of on the theory that Southern women disliked the Patriarchy in Southern society, and identified with fellow victims. It was a theory within some feminist circles. (And no, I didn't know that until I looked up this book to see when it was written and what the consensus was on its accuracy.) Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-3343722611554490772016-08-19T04:11:56.290-07:002016-08-19T04:11:56.290-07:00Huh. I had never heard the theory that Southern w...Huh. I had never heard the theory that Southern women were abolitionist. I would think their dependence on slavery would have been a bit obvious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-76346957700569509992016-08-18T12:49:17.480-07:002016-08-18T12:49:17.480-07:00Ooh, #2 looks good! I'm going to have to searc...Ooh, #2 looks good! I'm going to have to search that one out. :)Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169879181467099939noreply@blogger.com