The Innocent Deceits of Lucy Holcombe Pickens
by
Elizabeth Wittenmyer Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2002
"Submissiveness is not my role, but certain platitudes on certain occasions are among the innocent deceits of the sex." A strong character with a fervent belief in woman's changing place, Lucy Holcombe Pickens (1832-1899) was not content to live the life of a typical nineteenth-century Southern belle....