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Tag Archives: Women’s History Month 2019
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
“I Found My Passion For The Subject”
Growing up visiting museums and traveling to battlefields, I always had an interest in history and knew what I wanted to work with it. Yet I didn’t really know how to go about getting into the field. In the end, … Continue reading
“The Lively Old Lady” – A Poem About Civil War Knitting
Yesterday, I sat in an archive basement, looking through material about women’s efforts to support the Union during the Civil War. Yesterday was also my Grandma Barbara’s birthday. She is no longer with us, so it was a bittersweet moment … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century Women, Civil War poetry, homefront, Union women, Women's History Month 2019
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Podcast Additional Resources: “Celebrating Women’s History Month”
Last week’s podcast episode brought you a conversation with Sarah Kay Bierle, Chris Mackowski, and Dan Welch about women during the Civil War and some of the best primary sources written by the ladies. We’ve collected details about the mentioned … Continue reading
“I Crave the Privilege of Doing It” – Being a Female Military Historian
In March 1862, Clara Barton – undoubtedly the war’s most well-known nurse – requested to go to the front and serve. “Though it is little that one woman can do, still I crave the privilege of doing it,” she wrote. … Continue reading
From The Doorstep: Winchester Women Record Evacuation & Occupation, Part 2
This is the final post for “From the Doorstep: Winchester Women.” Part 1 is available here. Mary Greenhow Lee started a letter on March 11, intending to send it to a friend. Instead, she kept writing, writing, writing until November … Continue reading
From The Doorstep: Winchester Women Record Evacuation & Occupation, Part 1
It is a truth (mostly) universally acknowledged that if you want the long version of a story, ask a woman. I say this not as criticism, but rather as praise Civil War women and their primary sources. After recording the … Continue reading
ECW Podcast “Celebrating Women’s History Month” Is Now Available
Looking for some recommended sources or wondering why we’ve voted these diaries among the best from the Civil War homefronts? Curious to learn about ECW managing editor’s thoughts on how military and civilian history fit together? In the new podcast, … Continue reading
Civil War Connections & Community Outreach
Graduate school for academic history is quite the silo. Unless you are entering a public history program, which I did not, the focus is truly on developing enough content knowledge to drive a publishing record and a subsequent career as … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 3/4-3/10/19
Who is your favorite Civil War nurse? Why? (And don’t forget both men and women served as nurses in Civil War hospitals.)
Posted in Medical, Question of the Week
Tagged civil war nurse, Question of the Week, Women's History Month 2019
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