Genteel Balls and Republican Parades: Gender and Early Southern Civic Rituals, 1677-1826

The role of white women in the civic rituals of Virginia and the Carolinas is examined from the aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion through the first half century of the republican era. An argument is made that genteel civic balls explicitly afforded elite women public influence, if not political po...

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Published in:The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 1996-04, Vol.104 (2), p.185-210
Main Author: Kierner, Cynthia A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Celebrations
Civic rituals
Civics
Culture
History
Independence Day
Men
Militias
Oratory
Patriotism
Political revolutions
Politics
Rituals
White people
Women
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Summary:The role of white women in the civic rituals of Virginia and the Carolinas is examined from the aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion through the first half century of the republican era. An argument is made that genteel civic balls explicitly afforded elite women public influence, if not political power.
ISSN:0042-6636
1940-4050