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16. Aug. 2019 · Varina Davis. Originally aired on November 14, 1997 - In part 168 of our Civil War series, Virginia Tech history professor James Robertson profiles the only first lady of the Confederate States of ...
1. Juli 2009 · When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. For this highly intelligent, acutely observant woman, loyalty did not come easily: she spent long years struggling to reconcile her societal duties to her personal beliefs.
Varina Anne Davis (1864-1898) Born in the Confederate White House and named for her mother, Varina Anne was the youngest of the Davis children. She was known for most of her life as "Winnie," a nickname her father had first bestowed on her mother. According to Varina Anne, she was told that "Winnie" was "an Indian name meaning bright, or sunny ...
10. Apr. 2018 · It's Varina who caught Frazier's attention. His novel depicts Mrs. Davis long after the war, when she's a widow and moves, as Varina did in real life, to the North. She tries to remake herself as ...
Reinventing Varina Davis Through Her Journalism By Teri Finneman, University of Missouri <1>Despite her prominent status during the Civil War and her marriage to one of the most infamous men in U.S. history, Varina Davis has all but vanished from historical memory. The wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, a figure on the losing side ...
Varina Banks Howell Davis war die zweite Ehefrau von Jefferson Davis, dem Präsidenten der Konföderierten Staaten von Amerika von 1861 bis 1865. Sie erarbeitete sich nach dem Tod ihres Mannes einen Ruf als Journalistin und Schriftstellerin.
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, ... Mr. Davis 's inauguration. Chapter 18 : the inauguration. ...
