Tag Archives: Women’s History Month

Second Saturday Lecture Series: An Interview With Diane Klinefelter

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Jon-Erik Gilot

Even though I spent several years living and working in Pittsburgh it always feels something like going behind enemy lines each time I visit. I had the good fortune to be raised in a strong Cleveland sports household and proudly … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: Free Admission at Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

    In the Washington D.C. area and looking of a unique site with Civil War history? That’s free for March 2020 to celebrate Women’s History Month? Plan a trip to the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum! The important … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: 3/2-3/8/2020

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

Research has shown that some women disguised themselves and joined Civil War armies. Do you have a favorite account of a Civil War female soldier? Why?

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Brown’s Island Victims

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Bert Dunkerly

The worst war-time disaster to strike the Confederate home front occurred on March 13, 1863. An explosion rocked the Confederate Laboratory on Brown’s Island in the James River, in the heart of Richmond, Virginia. My research indicates that ten were … Continue reading →

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Women’s History Month—Every Year!

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Meg Groeling

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 →

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Facebook Cover Photo: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Todd Arrington

The Medal of Honor was created during the Civil War, and since then over 3,500 have been awarded for gallantry to members of the American armed forces. But of those recipients, only one has been a woman. Mary Edwards Walker … Continue reading →

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Reminder: March is Women’s History Month!

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Keeping with our blog tradition, ECW takes this opportunity to highlight voices of modern women working in the history field and biographies or accounts about women from the Civil War era. In the coming weeks, you’ll occasionally find articles by … Continue reading →

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A Postscript to a Conversation with Hallowed Ground‘s Mary Koik

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(a postscript to a four-part series) As a follow-up to my interview with Hallowed Ground editor Mary Koik earlier this month, I asked her, “If a young woman wanted to get into Civil War-related publishing, as a writer or author, … Continue reading →

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“The Women Who Went To The Field”

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

In 1892, Clara Barton shared a poem she had written about women during the Civil War when she spoke at a meeting of the National Woman’s Relief Corps. She paid tribute to the women who came alongside the soldiers and … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Emma Murphy (part five)

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part five of five) For Women’s History Month, we’ve been talking with women who work in Civil War public history. This week, we’ve been sharing a conversation with Emma Murphy, park guide at Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. While earning … Continue reading →

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