Women in the Civil War

by Mary Elizabeth Massey

Book Overview

The Civil War wrought cataclysmic changes in the lives of American Women on both sides of the conflict. Women in the Civil War demonstrates their enterprise, fortitude, and fierceness. In this revealing social history, Massey focuses on many famous women, including nurses Dorothea Dix, Clara Barton, and Mother Bickerdyke; spies Pauline Cushman and Belle Boyd; writers Louisa May Alcott, Julia Ward Howe, and Mary Chestnut; pamphleteer and military strategist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803282133
• ISBN13: 9780803282131
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Bison
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An outline of amazing research

I found this book nicely organized..... a good resouce for further research. The thought of one going through thousands of letters and journals is overwhelming to me, but there is no other way to get this overall picture of what it was like to be a woman in this country, during this period. I will keep this book forever and refer to it often. Thank you M.E.M., etc for your gift.

Fascinating and thorough study of a fascinating subject.

This book does a marvellous job of detailing the effects of the Civil War on almost all classes of women: Northern, Southern, rich, poor, those who actively took part as nurses, spies, and actual combatants, and those who were "only" effected as the battles caused major disruptions in their lives, those whose lives were relatively unaffected, those who were forced to work in factories, those who turned to prostitution, and others. Well-written, well-researched, well-organized. Highly recommended.