Even without the right to vote; members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy proved to have enormous social and political influence throughout the South - all in the name of preserving Confederate culture. Karen L. Cox's history of the UDC; an organization founded in 1894 to vindicate the Confederate generation and honor the Lost Cause; shows why myths surrounding the Confederacy continue to endure. The Daughters; as UDC members were popularly known; were literally daughters of the Confederate generation. While southern women had long been leaders in efforts to memorialize the Confederacy; UDC members made the Lost Cause a movement about vindication as well as memorialization. They erected monuments; monitored history for truthfulness; and sought to educate coming generations of white southerners about an idyllic past and a just cause - states' rights. Soldiers' and widows' homes; perpetuation of the mythology of the antebellum south; and pro-southern textbooks in the region's white public schools were all integral to their mission of creating the New South in the image of the Old. Placing the organization's activities in the context of the postwar and Progressive-Era South
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Review of Freedom's ForgeBy RichFreedom's Forge portrays the businessmen and industrialists who organized and managed the production of war materials for the US involvement in WW ll as unsung heros. Without their organizing and production genius; defeating the Axis powers would have been much more difficult if not impossible.The war started with the Axis powers well-armed and with substantials resource production capabilities. However; during the last two years of the war; the US overtook them in a big way and made war equipment faster than all the Axis powers combined. We were also able to supply our Allies with much of what they needed; especially England and Russia.Many history books have characterized these men (such as William Knudsen and Henry Kaiser; among others) as robber barons. They did profit handsomely; but they did earn it and the reader is left with the sense they did what they had to because of a "calling"; they were driven and not just by profit.What made these industrial giants' leadership interesting is that most of them were Republicans who were appointed by Progressive Democrats under the Roosevelt administration; you will have to read the book to see how all this turned out.Freedom's Forge will provide the reader with a different perspective of what was going on behind the scenes of the WW ll effort; it is a good read.Rich1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I was around during this era. I was young ...By ChuckrfI was around during this era. I was young; but most of the names were familiar to me. My father was transferred from NJ to California in 1940 in anticipation of the shipyards being built by Henry Kaiser in Richmond. (Said to being built to supply ships to England.) He worked at the yard in Alameda until the ones in Richmond were open. We had a house being built in Richmond and after church on December 7; 1941 we were on our way to check out the progress when we heard the report of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The next day we listened to Roosevelt's speech on the school PA system. There were no war protester then.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. How Freedom Was Saved During WW IIBy Randall S.This is a fantastic chronicle of American industry; and one man; Big Bill Knudsen; and how American business and American production saved the nation during WW II. This book in absolutely no way discounts the bravery and sacrifices so many American's and our allies made during WW II but it does clearly illustrate how the untold story of American business gave the America military people; and our allies; everything needed to save the nation and the world from Axis tyranny during WW II. In my humble opinion; this book should be required reading for every high senior.
