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
War and Society
Community Studies
Gender in the Military
Thesis:
TBD
Email:
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
