...indicate that Mary Bedell Milliard died on June 22, 1862. The last biblical verse in context reads: "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband...have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised." See...

...with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. By constructing an identity around this passage, these women create a powerful...