Women’s War
Fighting and Surviving the American Civil War
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
| Author: | Stephanie McCurry | ISBN: | 9780674239937 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 15, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stephanie McCurry |
| ISBN: | 9780674239937 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 15, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
The Civil War is remembered as a war of brother against brother, with women standing innocently on the sidelines. But battlefield realities soon challenged this simplistic understanding of women’s place in war. Stephanie McCurry shows that women were indispensable to the unfolding of the Civil War, as they have been—and continue to be—in all wars.
The Civil War is remembered as a war of brother against brother, with women standing innocently on the sidelines. But battlefield realities soon challenged this simplistic understanding of women’s place in war. Stephanie McCurry shows that women were indispensable to the unfolding of the Civil War, as they have been—and continue to be—in all wars.
