Women and the American Civil War
North-South Counterpoints
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781631013096 | |
| Publisher: | The Kent State University Press | Publication: | July 17, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Kent State University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781631013096 |
| Publisher: | The Kent State University Press |
| Publication: | July 17, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Kent State University Press |
| Language: | English |
The scholarship on women's experiences in the U.S. Civil War is rich and deep, but much of it remains regionally specific or subsumed in more general treatments of Northern and Southern peoples during the war. In a series of eight paired essays, scholars examine women's comparable experiences across the regions, focusing particularly on women's politics, wartime mobilization, emancipation, wartime relief, women and families, religion, reconstruction, and Civil War memory. In each pairing, historians analyze women's lives, interests, and engagement in public issues and private concerns and think critically about what stories and questions still need attention. Among their questions are:
The scholarship on women's experiences in the U.S. Civil War is rich and deep, but much of it remains regionally specific or subsumed in more general treatments of Northern and Southern peoples during the war. In a series of eight paired essays, scholars examine women's comparable experiences across the regions, focusing particularly on women's politics, wartime mobilization, emancipation, wartime relief, women and families, religion, reconstruction, and Civil War memory. In each pairing, historians analyze women's lives, interests, and engagement in public issues and private concerns and think critically about what stories and questions still need attention. Among their questions are:
