Her name was Mary Johnston.

她就是玛丽·约翰斯顿
She was a Virginian, born to the upper crust of Virginia planter life,

内战后出生于弗吉尼亚州
born just after the war.

的一个种植园主家庭
She was imbued with

她从小就被灌输
the Lost Cause tradition,

"命定败局"这一传统
but grew up wanting to interrogate it a little bit.

但长大后却想改变这一事实
She was a Lost Causer

她是"命定败局"中的一员
but she asked questions about it.

但是她却提出质疑
She became a suffragist.

成为了一名妇女政权论者
A progressive woman in so many ways.

在很多方面都很进步的一名女性
She wrote a trilogy of Civil War books.

她写了关于内战的三部书
Her most famous book, and it was a huge bestseller,

最有名的一本成为了一部非常畅销的书