From a New England Woman'S Diary in Dixie in 1865 by Mary Ames, first published in 1906, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great librari

This volume, told through excerpts from the diary of Mary Ames, relates the experiences of two Northern white women, Mary Ames and Emily Bliss, who were employe

Far from the typical view of Reconstruction in the American South, many well-meaning Yankees went to Dixie after the war to offer help. Mary Ames was one of the

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