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1904 · A47648 — New York NY: Doubleday Page & Company. 1904. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. There is some light bumping rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a small white spot of discoloration to the lettering on the title . The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's poem tipped onto the front pastedown page. "Virginia Clay-Clopton 1825–1915 was a political hostess and activist in Alabama and Washington D. C. She was also known as Virginia Tunstall Virginia Clay and Mrs. Clement Claiborne Clay. She took on different responsibilities after the Civil War. As the wife of US Senator Clement Claiborne Clay from Alabama she was part of a group of young southerners who boarded together in the capital in particular hotels. In the immediate postwar period she worked to gain her husband's freedom from imprisonment at Fort Monroe where Jefferson Davis former president of the Confederacy was also held. In the late 19th century Clay-Copton who remarried after her first husband died became an activist in the United Daughters of the Confederacy a group established after the Civil War that was instrumental in shaping public discussions about the war and role of the South. She worked to raise funds for Confederate cemeteries and memorials. She also worked for women's suffrage. Clay-Copton was one of a number of Southern women to publish her memoir at the turn of the 20th century; these women's accounts became part of the public discourse about the war. "from Wikipedia; B&W Illustrations; 386p. pages; Pictured 1/11/24 . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover