The Day – Your Turn: The (suffocating) lifestyle of a woman in 1860s The us

Whilst looking into “A Rebellious Woman,” my new historical novel, I acquired some remarkable information about what it was like to be a “lady” in 1860s The us.

The novel is dependent on the everyday living of a authentic female, Belle Boyd, who lived from 1844 to 1900. She is ideal identified as a reckless teen who briefly spied for Stonewall Jackson, when operating throughout an active battlefield to deliver information.

The tale goes that she returned home with bullet holes in her petticoats.

But Belle was rebellious her complete life. She experienced three husbands, and divorced two of them, at a time when divorce was unheard of. Her 3rd spouse was 50 percent her age. When she was between marriages, Belle supported herself and her children as an actress – also viewed as shocking.

Even a lot more horrifying, she often appeared on stage dressed in men’s apparel.

Divorce.

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