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The women's fight : the Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation / Thavolia Glymph.

By: Series: Littlefield history of the Civil War eraPublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (379 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469653655
  • 1469653656
  • 9781469653648
  • 1469653648
Other title:
  • Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women's fight.DDC classification:
  • 973.7082 23
LOC classification:
  • E628 .G58 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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."-- Provided by publisher

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."-- Provided by publisher

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