The Women and the Crisis: Women of the North in the Civil WarMcDowell, Obolensky, 1959 - 389 páginas Chronicles the changes which came about through the dedicated work of Northern women during the Civil War regarding the responsibility for treatment of the wounded. Their efforts laid the groundwork for modern organized charity work, the Red Cross, and what could be considered military nursing. Biographies are included of notable women who dedicated themselves to caring for the wounded and changing government policy. |
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... front was a strong current of philosophic thought and the beginning of an awareness of the larger aspects of the problems facing labor . They understood the threat of slavery to Northern labor and they gave their support to the ...
... front was a strong current of philosophic thought and the beginning of an awareness of the larger aspects of the problems facing labor . They understood the threat of slavery to Northern labor and they gave their support to the ...
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... front . Ever since the army had moved into Virginia , sight - seers had been crossing the Potomac in large numbers to see the novel spectacle of a large army on the eve of battle . Ladies in floppy hats and billowing muslin skirts ...
... front . Ever since the army had moved into Virginia , sight - seers had been crossing the Potomac in large numbers to see the novel spectacle of a large army on the eve of battle . Ladies in floppy hats and billowing muslin skirts ...
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... front which extended from the Potomac to Mill Springs , to Bowling Green , and westward to Fort Donel- son on the Cumberland River and Fort Henry on the Tennessee , finally touching the Mississippi at Columbus . These points were ...
... front which extended from the Potomac to Mill Springs , to Bowling Green , and westward to Fort Donel- son on the Cumberland River and Fort Henry on the Tennessee , finally touching the Mississippi at Columbus . These points were ...
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