The women's fight : the Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation / Thavolia Glymph.
"Historians of the Civil War often speak of "wars within a war"--the military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. In this broadly conceived book, Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of women's roles an...
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Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2020]
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Series: | Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Physical Description: | 379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Variant Title: |
Civil War's battles for home freedom, and nation |
Format: | Book |
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"Historians of the Civil War often speak of "wars within a war"--the military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. In this broadly conceived book, Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of women's roles and lives in the Civil War--North and South, white and black, slave and free--showing how women were essentially and fully engaged in all three arenas."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | E628 .G58 2020 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9781469653631 146965363X |