Civil War Women - HIS 131 - American History I - Research Guides at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

Films on Civil War Women

A Civil War book of the dead Kizilos, Peter; Caraccilo, Dominic J; Techky, Christine E. American History36.1 (Apr 2001): 48-56.
Kizilos chronicles the efforts of Clara Barton and Dorence Atwater to account for missing and dead soldiers of the Civil War. Despite opposition and hardship, Barton and Atwater managed to account for thousands of missing and dead soldiers and were able to notify their families.
NANCY HILL-CIVIL WAR NURSE, PIONEERING DOCTOR
Deeds such as those ultimately allowed Hill to become a candidate for medical school, enabling her to become one of the country's first female doctors. In April 1863, just before the Battle of Chancellorsville, Hill, then 29, decided to leave home to join the volunteer army nurses at Armory Square, one of the capital's largest Civil War hospitals, located on the National Mall.

Women at War chapter
from
Davis, William. Civil War Journal: The Legacies. Nashville: TN: Rutledge, 1997. Print.

Women and the Civil War, Revised Edition
Book in the Series "The Civil War: A Nation Divided" from Infobase American History.
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Sections included are:
Women and the Civil War
Caring for the Wounded and Sick
Soldiers, Scouts, Saboteurs, and Spies
Women in Camp
Northern Women During the Civil War
Southern Women During the Civil War
African-American Women During the Civil War
Women in the Civil War: 1861–1899
This is a chapter from "Strength in Numbers" from Infobase American History.
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With sections on Union Women, Nurses, Confederate Women, Shortages and Hardships, Fighting to Abolish Slavery, Prejudice, White Women Abolitionists, Women After the Civil War, Education, and Economic Problems.
Women during the Civil War
Article from Daily Life Through History Database by Tiffany K. Wayne