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Her letters remain one of the few surviving primary accounts of female soldiers in the American Civil War. [27] [28] Laura J. Williams was a woman who disguised herself as a man and used the alias Lt. Henry Benford in order to raise and lead a company of Texas Confederates. She and the company participated in the Battle of Shiloh. [29] [30]
Over the course of the war, between 7,000 and 20,000 ladies' aid societies were established. [1] The work these women did in providing sanitary supplies and blankets to soldiers helped lessen the spread of diseases during the Civil War. In the North, their work was supported by the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
The Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) is a charitable organization in the United States, originally founded as the official women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1883. [1] The organization was designed to assist the GAR and provide post-war relief to Union veterans. [2]
She promoted the Montgomery Bus Boycott and made a huge impact as president of the Women's Political Council. “That group organized the original boycott to coincide with Rosa Parks' first court appearance in December 1955, and it was only after their boycott was successful that the male ministers in town decided to extend it, and took control ...
ATLANTA (AP) - This week marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta, one of the key conflicts of the Civil War, and researchers at Emory University's Center for Digital Scholarship have ...
Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front (2009) excerpt and text search; Giesberg, Judith, and Randall M. Miller, eds. Women and the American Civil War: North-South Counterpoints (2018) Goldstein, Joshua S. (2003). War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521 ...
This category is for notable women of the American Civil War. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...
The Civil War continues; most people in Cincinnati are aligned with the Union, with mass demonstrations and riots on both sides. More than once Clara is forced to hide to avoid street violence.