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'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America
like other groups of women in the Civil War era, sought—and found—ways to increase their independence and expand their horizons. — Anya Jabour, Ph.D. Anya Jabour, M.A., Ph.D., has been ...
Honoring a Civil War veteran who was lost to history
Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...
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Mourning in the Civil War Era
Mercy Street reminds viewers that the advances of the Civil War era—freedom for African Americans, enhanced opportunities for women, and medical advances for doctors, nurses, and their patients ...
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Southern Black Women and Their Struggle for Freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction
employed various forms of resistance and survival strategies to navigate one of the most tumultuous periods in American history – the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The essays included shed new ...
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Ethiopia's civil war: The women who paid the price
A truce has been declared in Ethiopia's 16-month civil war ... call "rape as a weapon of war". The BBC's Kalkidan Yibeltal has spoken to some of the affected women in the neighbouring Amhara ...