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Belle Boyd [1844-1900] American

Rank: 104
Celebrity

Isabella Maria Boyd, best known as Belle Boyd, as well as Cleopatra of the Secession and Siren of the Shenandoah, was a Confederate spy in the American Civil War.

Government, Politics, Sad

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If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.	Government	101
A true woman always loves a real soldier.		102
There are those who maintain that in this world women have no right to interfere in the affairs of state, in politics, in plots and counter-plots. Others that are who, more chivalrous, are willing to admit that women have as much right to act, think, and speak as men.	Politics	103
My memoirs were written, and a portion of them already in the hands of the publishers, when the startling news came which has thrilled all Europe and filled her inhabitants with horror - the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.		104
Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer.		105
Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.	Sad	106
I only wanted to help my people.		107
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.		108
Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned, enabled me to gain much important information as to the position and designs of the enemy.		109
As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.		110
I do not set myself up as an advocate of the woman's right doctrine, but would rather appear in the character of a quiet lady expressing her sentiments, not so much to the public as to her immediate friends.		111
I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.		112
What a jolly thing military surveillance is!		113
Just previous to the birth of my little son, my mind gave way and my child was born in the asylum for the insane at Stockton, Cal. My boy was buried there.		114

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