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"A vital and, until now, missing piece to the puzzle of the 'Lost Cause' ideology and its impact on the daily lives of post-civil War southerners. This is a careful, insightful examination of the role women played in shaping the perceptions of two generations of southerners, not simply through rhetoric but through the creation of a remarkably effective organization whose leadership influenced the teaching of history in the schools, created a landscape of monuments that honored the Confederate dead, and provided assistance to elderly veterans, their widows, and their children."--Carol Berkin, City University of New York
"Dixie's Daughters provides a
much-needed institutional history of the UDC at the height of its influence;
that alone would be a major contribution. But Cox incorporates into it
an exploration of the impact the group had on southern culture and the
lives of the upper-class women who participated in it." Gaines Foster,
Southern Cultures.
" By focusing on women and the
remarkable influence of the UDC, Karen Cox has filled in an important
part of the story of the Lost Cause and its impact on southern society
in the early twentieth century and beyond." Civil War Book Review
" Valuable for anyone interested in Southern history, civil rights,
or how Condeferate culture was transmitted across generations." East
Texas Historical Association