Varina Davis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Varina Davis

First Lady of the Confederate States

Date of Birth: 07-May-1826

Place of Birth: Natchez, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1906

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis (May 7, 1826 – October 16, 1906) was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis.
She moved to the Presidential Mansion in Richmond, Virginia, in mid-1861, and lived there for the remainder of the American Civil War.
Born and raised in the South and educated in Philadelphia, she had family on both sides of the conflict and unconventional views for a woman in her public role.
She supported the Confederacy's position on slavery and states' rights, but was ambivalent about the war. Davis became a writer after the American Civil War, completing her husband's memoir.
She was recruited by Kate (Davis) Pulitzer, a distant cousin and wife of publisher Joseph Pulitzer, to write articles and eventually a regular column for the New York World.
Widowed in 1889, Davis moved to New York City with her youngest daughter Winnie in 1891 to work at writing.
She enjoyed urban life.
In her old age, she attempted to reconcile prominent figures of the North and South.