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[[File:southernbelle.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Southern Belle in Baltimore, depicted on the cover of ''Harper's Weekly'', September 7, 1861.]]

In all of 19th century America, with the exception of various indigenous tribes, women were seen as the weaker sex. Circumstances had changed to a certain degree in the northern states, due in part to the increasing migration to cities. Whereas the North was becoming more conducive to urban living, the agrarian lifestyle remained strong in the South. While women in the northern states ventured into politics, social causes, and ultimately independence, young ladies in the southern part of the country had no need to engage in labor.