“A Shrinking Timidity”
“A Shrinking Timidity”
Georgia, 1850–1854
The focus of chapter 3 is Mary Edwards Bryan's early formal education at Fletcher Institute, Thomasville, Georgia, and her beginning writings for a local newspaper. The authors assess the influence of the Methodist Church upon antebellum southern schooling and of individual Methodist ministers and laymen in Mary's life, particularly examining the temperance movement and Mary’s growing attachment to that cause. The chapter considers Thomasville's local history and culture in relation to the wealthy Bryan family. The authors close on Mary's early romantic attachment to storekeeper Leon Bryan and her subsequent marriage at age 14 to Leon's younger brother Iredell E. W. Bryan.
Keywords: Methodist Church, antebellum southern schooling, Fletcher Institute, Thomasville, Georgia, temperance movement, Leon Bryan, Iredell E. W. Bryan, early romance
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