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In both the North and South , women organized and staffed the relief work for soldiers and prisoners of war , cared for the wounded , and helped to finance the commissioning of the troops . It was largely through female effort that ...
In both the North and South , women organized and staffed the relief work for soldiers and prisoners of war , cared for the wounded , and helped to finance the commissioning of the troops . It was largely through female effort that ...
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telegraph wires , burned arsenals and warehouses , and helped prisoners to escape . Harriet Tubman , who was a nurse and cook in the Union Army throughout the war , is the only black woman known to have served also as a Union scout and ...
telegraph wires , burned arsenals and warehouses , and helped prisoners to escape . Harriet Tubman , who was a nurse and cook in the Union Army throughout the war , is the only black woman known to have served also as a Union scout and ...
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Josephine Griffing was especially interested in helping the resettlement of freedmen in the western and northern states . She personally helped to settle between three and five thousand of them . She was among the few people foresighted ...
Josephine Griffing was especially interested in helping the resettlement of freedmen in the western and northern states . She personally helped to settle between three and five thousand of them . She was among the few people foresighted ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |
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| Title | The Woman in American History Specialized studies in American history series |
| Author | Gerda Lerner |
| Publisher | Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0201042274, 9780201042276 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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