Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-368) and index.
Introduction: Scarlett and her sisters : young women in the Old South -- Young ladies : adolescence -- College girls : school -- Home girls : single life -- Southern belles : courtship -- Blushing brides : engagement -- Dutiful wives : marriage -- Devoted mothers : motherhood -- Rebel ladies : war -- Epilogue: Tomorrow is another day : new women in the new South