Collection: Temple Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) Records / Date: 1892 / Media Type: Manuscripts - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

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1. "What will Become of the Girls?" Commencement Speech Given at a School for Girls

Date:: 1892
Description:: A commencement speech delivered by former Confederate general Edwin Warren Moïse to the graduating class of a school for girls. In the speech, he discusses gender roles and acceptable jobs for women. As career paths, he suggests women become cooks, tailors, gardeners, artists, stenographers, nurses, and doctors. He cites several notable female historical and contemporary figures as examples.