When Confederate men marched off to battle, white women across the South confronted
unaccustomed and unsought responsibilities: directing farms and plantations, providing for …

Born into a male-dominated society, southern women often chose to support patriarchy and
their own celebrated roles as mothers, wives, and guardians of the home and humane …

This book casts a spotlight on some of the most overlooked, least understood participants in
the American Civil War: the women of the North. Unlike their Confederate counterparts, most …

It is the men, Hector tells Andromache in the sixth book of the Iliad, who" must see to the
fighting." From ancient history to our own time, war has centered on men, for they have …

Scarlett Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a dramatic history of the South in the years leading up
to and following the Civil War: a history that focuses on the women, black and white, rich and …

African-American women fought for their freedom with courage and vigor during and after
the Civil War. Leslie Schwalm explores the vital roles of enslaved and formerly enslaved …

Documenting the difficult class relations between women slaveholders and slave women,
this study shows how class and race as well as gender shaped women's experiences and …

"... a much-needed volume on a neglected topic that is of great interest to scholars of
women, slavery, and African American history."—Drew Faust Gender was a decisive force in …

During the Civil War, the United States Sanitary Commission attempted to replace female
charity networks and traditions of voluntarism with a centralized organization that would …

Many early-nineteenth-century slaveholders considered themselves" masters" not only over
slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. According to many historians …