Motherhood in the Old South Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infant Rearing

A history of childbearing and rearing in the lives of women in the Old South. Drawn from diaries and personal letters, medical journals, and physicians' reports and census data predating the Civil War, the author presents an account of the reproductive experiences of Southern women. Her chief focus is the health and medical concerns of privileged Southern women from 1800 through 1860.