Browsing History B.A. Theses by Subject "United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women"

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Cracking the Spheres of Domesticity: How Female Roles as Nurses and Spies in the American Civil War Gave Women the Tools for Future Activism

Locke, Tanner (2016-09-08)

This capstone takes a look at what hopes to prove is the beginning of a break from customary gender roles within the American family. The paper takes an in depth look at the work that women do during the Civil War. It looks ...
"Good Wives! Good Women!" : Wisconsin Women's Labor on the Homefront During the American Civil War

Goetz, Tiffany (2022-12)

When the Civil War began, Emily Quiner was a middle-class schoolteacher in Madison, Wisconsin. When news about the attack on Fort Sumter was announced, Emily immediately volunteered for the Union cause. She sewed flags ...