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1 online resource (xxiii, 230 pages) : illustrations |
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Part I. Soldiers -- Sarah Emma Edmonds: Soldier, nurse, spy -- Frances Elizabeth Quinn: "Hurrah for God's country!" -- Mary Ann Clark: "A good Rebel soldier" -- Frances Louisa Clayton: A rough Northern soldier -- Maria Lewis: "She rode in the front ranks" -- Part II. Spies -- Harriet Tubman: Moses' great Combahee Raid -- Mary Carroll: A Missouri Rebel -- Loreta Janeta Velazquez: The Confederate lioness -- Mary Jane Richards: Spy in the Confederate White House -- Part III. Nurses -- Georgeanna Woolsey: "Changed by this contact with terror" -- Susie King Taylor: A young nurse in the "First South" -- Harriet Ann Jacobs: "She did her own thinking" -- Cornelia Hancock: Battlefield angel -- Part IV. Vivandieres -- Marie Tepe: "French Mary" -- Kady Brownell: Heroine of New Bern -- Annie Lorinda Etheridge: "This is my place". |
| Summary |
Profiles sixteen women who took on unconventional and dangerous roles during the Civil War, serving as spies, medics, battlefield helpers, and front line soldiers. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-222) and index. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
American Civil War (1861-1865) |
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1861-1865 |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Cordell, M. R. (Melinda R.) Courageous women of the Civil War Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016] 9781613732007 (DLC) 2015045158 (OCoLC)925498795 |
| ISBN |
9781613732038 : $19.99 |
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1613732031 : $19.99 |
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