Mary Boykin Chesnut Quote

Does anybody wonder so many women die? Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield.


Diary entry [June 9,1862]


Does anybody wonder so many women die? Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield.

Does anybody wonder so many women die? Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield.

Does anybody wonder so many women die? Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield.

Does anybody wonder so many women die? Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield.