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War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00180-9. Harper, Judith E. Women during the Civil War: An Encyclopedia. (2004). 472 pp. Massey, Mary. Bonnet Brigades: American Women and the Civil War (1966), excellent overview North and South; reissued as Women in the Civil War (1994)
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]
After the Civil War, there was a boom in interior design writing, with many advocating the adoption of foreign styles throughout the household. Interior design in middle-class houses was seen at this time as an important means of self-expression, shown by the fact that a popular design manual commented that 'We judge her [a woman's] temperament ...
The Civil War has been commemorated in many capacities, ranging from the reenactment of battles to statues and memorial halls erected, films, stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the war. [309]
The differences in votes and views between men and women has widened, USA TODAY/Suffolk polls Poll finds.
“The Civil War was more than 150 years ago and we still haven’t fully come to terms with the consequences for this society,” said Eric Foner, Columbia University professor emeritus and ...
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That her gender played a role in the level of scrutiny is hard to deny. Clark’s introductory press conference with the Fever was a harbinger of things to come: a male reporter appeared to make a ...