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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 May 2012
1 See Anya Jabour, Scarlett's Sisters: Young Women in the Old South (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2007)Google Scholar, and Joan E. Cashin, Our Common Affairs: Texts from Women of the Old South (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996)Google Scholar.
2 Mention of a woman's ‘pleasing’ role occurs throughout the book. See pp. 13, 14, 44, 51 and 63 for a few instances of this recurring theme.
3 The current webpage for Miss [Sarah] Porter's School includes the following statement regarding its historical mission: ‘Sarah Porter emphasized traditional values and the importance of educating women. She recognized the value and importance of service to others, and believed that women must be prepared to shape the future by educating their own families and running their households. As such, she made certain that the school was welcoming and homelike’. See http://www.porters.org/podium/default.aspx?t=105906. Accessed 23/5/2011.