Biographical background and publication Born in 1900 in Atlanta, Margaret (Peggy) Mitchell was a Southerner and writer throughout her life. She grew up hearing stories about the American Civil War and the Reconstruction from her Irish-American grandmother, Annie Fitzgerald Stephens, who had endured its suffering while living on the family plantation, Rural Home. Her forceful and intellectual mother, Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, was a suffragist who fought for the rights of women to vote.
biographical background and publication born in 1900 in atlanta margaret (peggy) mitchell was a southerner and writer throughout her life she grew up hearing stories about the american civil war and the reconstruction from her irish-american grandmother annie fitzgerald stephens who had endured its suffering while living on the family plantation rural home her forceful and intellectual mother maybelle stephens mitchell was a suffragist who fought for the rights of women to vote