TY - GEN AB - When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. Pro-slavery but also pro-Union, Varina Davis was inhibited by her role as Confederate First Lady and unable to reveal her true convictions.Cashin offers a splendid portrait of a fascinating woman who struggled with the constraints of her time and place. AU - Cashin, Joan E., DO - 10.4159/9780674262560 DO - doi ID - 1479266 JF - HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674262560 N2 - When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. Pro-slavery but also pro-Union, Varina Davis was inhibited by her role as Confederate First Lady and unable to reveal her true convictions.Cashin offers a splendid portrait of a fascinating woman who struggled with the constraints of her time and place. SN - 9780674262560 T1 - First Lady of the Confederacy :Varina Davis's Civil War / TI - First Lady of the Confederacy :Varina Davis's Civil War / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674262560 ER -