Women in the Civil War | 
 enlarge | Author: Mary Elizabeth Massey
Creator: Jean V. Berlin
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 181922
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 401
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 0803282133
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.715042
EAN: 9780803282131
ASIN: 0803282133
Publication Date: April 1, 1994
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Product Description
The Civil War wrought cataclysmic changes in the lives of American Women on both sides of the conflict. Women in the Civil War demonstrates their enterprise, fortitude, and fierceness. In this revealing social history, Massey focuses on many famous women, including nurses Dorothea Dix, Clara Barton, and Mother Bickerdyke; spies Pauline Cushman and Belle Boyd; writers Louisa May Alcott, Julia Ward Howe, and Mary Chestnut; pamphleteer and military strategist Anna Ella Carroll; black abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth; feminists Susan B. Anthony and Jane Grey Swisshelm; and political wives Varina Davis and Mary Todd Lincoln. The anonymous women who maintained farms and plantations are described, as are camp followers, businesswomen, entertainers, activists, and socialites in Charleston and Washington.
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 An outline of amazing research November 11, 2008
I found this book nicely organized..... a good resouce for further research. The thought of one going through thousands of letters and journals is overwhelming to me, but there is no other way to get this overall picture of what it was like to be a woman in this country, during this period. I will keep this book forever and refer to it often. Thank you M.E.M., etc for your gift.
Fascinating and thorough study of a fascinating subject. May 31, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book does a marvellous job of detailing the effects of the Civil War on almost all classes of women: Northern, Southern, rich, poor, those who actively took part as nurses, spies, and actual combatants, and those who were "only" effected as the battles caused major disruptions in their lives, those whose lives were relatively unaffected, those who were forced to work in factories, those who turned to prostitution, and others. Well-written, well-researched, well-organized. Highly recommended.
 Charming if Dated, Marred by Introduction December 5, 2000
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Massey's book was a pioneering effort in its time, and we should all be thankful for that. At least it is a welcome point of departure. But the introduction by Jean Berlin is lacking much in the way of insight or understanding. A more experienced scholar might have presented a richer analysis.
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