The Bulloch women of Roswell, Georgia, were not typical antebellum Southern belles. Most were well educated world travelers skilled at navigating social circles far outside the insular aristocracy of the rural South. Their lives were filled with intrigue, espionage, scandal, adversity and perseverance. During the Civil War they eluded Union spies on land and blockaders at sea and afterwards they influenced the national debate on equal rights for women. The impact of their Southern ideals increased exponentially when they integrated into the Roosevelt family of New York.

Antebellum first ladies --The Bullochs of Roswell and navy blue -- Bonds made and broken -- Ironclad petticoats : confederate belles at war -- Unreconstructed confederates : lifted on angel's wings -- New women out of the nineteenth century.