The women's fight : the Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation /
Glymph, Thavolia, 1951-
The women's fight : the Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation / Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation Thavolia Glymph. - 1 online resource (379 pages) : illustrations - The Littlefield history of the Civil War era . - Littlefield history of the Civil War era. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Part I. Southern women. One. Home and war: "domestic sanctuaries" on the run -- Two. Poor white women in the Confederacy: "enemies to their country" -- Three. Enslaved women: making war on antislavery ground -- Part II. Northern Women. Four. Am I a soldier of the Cross? Northern women's fight and the legacy of slavery -- Five. Northern white women and the "Garden of Eden" -- Part III. The Hard hand of war. Six. Under the restless wings of an army: the "female humanity" -- Seven. Black women refugees: making freedom in Union lines -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.
"Historians of the Civil War often speak of "wars within a war"--The military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. In this broadly conceived book, Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of women's roles and lives in the Civil War--North and South, white and black, slave and free--showing how women were essentially and fully engaged in all three arenas."--
Text in English.
9781469653655 1469653656 9781469653648 1469653648
E7C67079-6656-4665-A09A-6FD9AD705E67 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctvfshns8 JSTOR
1800-1899
Women and war--History--United States--19th century.
HISTORY--Women.
Military participation--Female.
Social aspects.
Women.
Women and war.
United States--History--Women.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, Female.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
E628 / .G58 2019
973.7082
The women's fight : the Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation / Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation Thavolia Glymph. - 1 online resource (379 pages) : illustrations - The Littlefield history of the Civil War era . - Littlefield history of the Civil War era. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Part I. Southern women. One. Home and war: "domestic sanctuaries" on the run -- Two. Poor white women in the Confederacy: "enemies to their country" -- Three. Enslaved women: making war on antislavery ground -- Part II. Northern Women. Four. Am I a soldier of the Cross? Northern women's fight and the legacy of slavery -- Five. Northern white women and the "Garden of Eden" -- Part III. The Hard hand of war. Six. Under the restless wings of an army: the "female humanity" -- Seven. Black women refugees: making freedom in Union lines -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.
"Historians of the Civil War often speak of "wars within a war"--The military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. In this broadly conceived book, Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of women's roles and lives in the Civil War--North and South, white and black, slave and free--showing how women were essentially and fully engaged in all three arenas."--
Text in English.
9781469653655 1469653656 9781469653648 1469653648
E7C67079-6656-4665-A09A-6FD9AD705E67 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctvfshns8 JSTOR
1800-1899
Women and war--History--United States--19th century.
HISTORY--Women.
Military participation--Female.
Social aspects.
Women.
Women and war.
United States--History--Women.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, Female.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
E628 / .G58 2019
973.7082