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Women’s History Month—Every Year!
It may have been 1965 or 66 . . . it was almost summer, and Joyce and I were looking for employment. We had a couple more years in high school and needed to keep our cars on the road, … Continue reading
Railroads: Women Refugees and the Railroads
Over the course of the Civil War, thousands of civilians left their homes and became refugees seeking safety. Several thoughts and questions quickly went into the minds of those put into unimaginable situations that turned their lives upside down. Where … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Civil War Railroads, civil-war-railroads-18, Civilian, Railroad, refugee, train, transportation, travel, women
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Annie Brown: The Forgotten Conspirator
In my Civil War class, I have students read Tony Horwitz’s book, Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War, to learn about John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. Many Civil War readers know Horwitz best from his initial … Continue reading
Expectations of a Lady: Women Nurses in the Civil War—part one
part one in a series Before we examine the role of women as nurses in the Civil War, a brief literature review can help us better understand the expectations of an Antebellum lady. In 1966 Barbara Welter, in her description of … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Civilian, Medical
Tagged Antebellum south, Civil War Women Nurses, Medical, nurses, nursing, nursing-series, women
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Beyond the 150th: “stories organic and germane to the place they’re visiting”
by Andrea DeKoter, Ph.D., part of an ongoing series Like some of the readers of Emerging Civil War, I had the opportunity to attend and participate in the recent “Future of Civil War History” conference organized by Gettysburg College’s Civil … Continue reading
