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Hidden Heroines: The Untold Stories of Women in the Civil War
Paperback
Publisher: Robert Walker
Published: Feb 11 2025
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.27 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
They were nurses, spies, soldiers, factory workers, abolitionists, and mothers.
The American Civil War was not just fought by men on battlefields. Behind the lines, a hidden army of women waged their own war - a war for survival, for freedom, and for a future where their voices would be heard.
- Clara Barton, the Angel of the Battlefield who revolutionized battlefield medicine and founded the American Red Cross.
- Harriet Tubman, the fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad who also served as a spy and scout for the Union Army.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, the suffragists who saw the war as an opportunity to advance women's rights and equality.
- Dorothea Dix, the tireless advocate for the mentally ill who became the Superintendent of Army Nurses.
- Elizabeth Van Lew, the Southern abolitionist who built a vast espionage network in Richmond, risking everything for the Union cause.
- Sojourner Truth, the former slave turned abolitionist and women's rights activist whose powerful voice rang out across the nation.
These are just a few of the remarkable women whose stories are woven into the fabric of this historical narrative. Women of the Civil War brings their contributions to light, revealing the true scope of their influence on the war and its aftermath.
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