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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 September 2024. See also: Gender issues in the American Civil War § Female soldiers Women in war Ancient Post-classical 1500–1699 18th-century 1800–1899 1900–1945 The world wars WWI WWII 1945–1999 2000–present Numerous women enlisted and fought as men in the American Civil War. Historian ...
Historian Elizabeth D. Leonard writes that, according to various estimates, between 500 and 1,000 women enlisted as soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War, disguised as men. [35]: 165, 310–311 Women also served as spies, resistance activists, nurses, and hospital personnel.
Civil War (1861–1865): Women were involved in civilian volunteer work where they aided troops on both sides of the war. Biologically female soldiers on both sides wore male clothing to serve; some of them, such as Albert Cashier, were transgender men. By the end of the war, over 500 fully paid positions were available to women as nurses and ...
Timeline of women in war in the United States, pre-1945; Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United States, 2000–2010; Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United States, 2011–present; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1950 to 1999; List of female American Civil War soldiers
The number of women soldiers in the American Civil War is estimated at between 400 and 750, although an accurate count is impossible because the women again had to disguise themselves as men. [3] The United States established the Army Nurse Corps as a permanent part of the Army in 1901; the Corps was all-female until 1955. [4] [5]
Timeline of women in war in the United States, Pre-1945; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1950 to 1999; Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United States, 2000–2010; Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United States from 2011–present; Women in the decolonisation of Africa
National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War (16 P) Pages in category "Women in the American Civil War" The following 185 pages are in this category, out of 185 total.
World War I: During the course of the war, 21,498 U.S. Army nurses (American military nurses were all women then) served in military hospitals in the United States and overseas. Many of these women were positioned near to battlefields, and they tended to over a million soldiers who had been wounded or were unwell.