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Ruth White

Affiliation:

University of Southern Mississippi

Advisor:

Dr. Susannah Ural

Academic Interests:

The American Civil War
War and Society
Community Studies
Gender in the Military

Thesis:

TBD

Bio Note:

A native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Ruth White received a B.A. in History and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2011.  She is a second year M.A. student studying United States History with a minor field in War and Society.  Her current thesis topic is a comparative community study of Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi during the American Civil War.  Her project will address the dynamic between Confederate "nationalism" and the devotion to local towns/cities.  She is also interested in antebellum life and the immediate post war experience.


Added August 2012