A lively, comprehensive account of the struggle for women's rights at a vital time in our national history. The American women who worked for our country's indepence in 1776 …
In the spring of 1861, tens of thousands of young men formed military companies and offered to fight for their country. Near the end of the Civil War, nearly half of the adult male …
Enriched by the wealth of new research into women's history, No Small Courage offers a lively chronicle of American experience, charting women's lives and experiences with …
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" What do women know about war?" asked Fleta in the popular Northern story paper the Flag of Our Union in January 1865." What do they not know," she answered:" What drop in …
In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American" new woman," Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising impact on women and, in turn, women's impact on the …
In a study that will radically shift our understanding of Civil War literature, Elizabeth Young shows that American women writers have been profoundly influenced by the Civil War and …
This volume fills a gap in traditional women's history books by offering fascinating details of the lives of early American women and showing how these women adapted to the …
" Cutter argues that" redemptive womanhood"--The idea that women hold active responsibility for the nation's moral and religious health-is the key element of gender …