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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... husband " the exclusive control and guardianship of their children . " Of this Story wrote , " Ordi- narily , indeed , the father will be entitled to the custody of his infant children . Thus , for example , if the infant be a daughter ...
... husband " the exclusive control and guardianship of their children . " Of this Story wrote , " Ordi- narily , indeed , the father will be entitled to the custody of his infant children . Thus , for example , if the infant be a daughter ...
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... husband's , J. E. B. Stuart , now a Confederate cavalry officer . After a time a reply came from Stuart , giving her permission to go through the Confederate lines to Fairfax Court House , where he would be waiting for her . They met ...
... husband's , J. E. B. Stuart , now a Confederate cavalry officer . After a time a reply came from Stuart , giving her permission to go through the Confederate lines to Fairfax Court House , where he would be waiting for her . They met ...
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... husband edit the Boston Commonwealth and in the years leading to the war , she continued to write and to interest herself in her husband's activities . Their home became a center of the abolitionist movement . Julia had begun to lecture ...
... husband edit the Boston Commonwealth and in the years leading to the war , she continued to write and to interest herself in her husband's activities . Their home became a center of the abolitionist movement . Julia had begun to lecture ...
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