Verity Mcinnis: 1 book
Women of Empire
Nineteenth-Century Army Officers' Wives in India and the U.S. West
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
In his Rules for Wife Behavior, Colonel Joseph Whistler summed up his expectations for his new bride: “You will remember you are not in command of anything except the cook.” Although their roles were circumscribed, the wives of army officers stationed in British India and the U.S. West commanded...
