taking over important roles at home, women actually played a major role in both the North and South’s war strategies, proving to be influential in their roles during the actual war efforts. Some women in the civil war era wanted to see the action, not just stay home and take care of affairs in their societies but actually fight and be able to see the change. As well as helping out at home and taking care of everything while the men fought, women were active members in the war, acting as nurses, spies
theme of this civil war research project is women’s role during the civil war. So our historical question is ‘What were major roles that women played during the civil war?’ Clara Barton who was a famous hospital nurse during the civil war once said, “I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.” Before the civil war, women mainly focused on their domestic life. However, women changed their general role and turned
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on December 25th, 1821 to Stephen and Sarah Barton. She had two older brothers, Stephen and David. Born the only girl of this Oxford, Massachusetts family, her father hoped she would do big things one day. Clarissa, most commonly known as Clara, did go on to do big things with her life. The biggest accomplishment, and the one she is most known for, is establishing the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross, though, would not have been possible if Barton had not gone
HISTORY OF CIVIL WAR Civil war is important event in the history of America. Its duration was 1861 to 1865; this war determined the qualities of American’s nation. The main cause of civil war was uncompromising discrimination between the free and slave states. The government at that time wanted to prohibit slavery system in the areas which were not became states. Before civil war women role in society was only limited to the household activities. They dedicated their lives for their families but
Women have been always classified as weak and obedient since the beginning of history. They were the “creatures” of their own home and were expected to be submissive towards their husbands and focus their time on the family. However, the Civil War changed the traditional roles of women, opening a wide range of possibilities for the female group. These possibilities range from supporting to working in the army. However, where there is always a chance, there are always sacrifices to be made. These
healing centers in August 1861. This change of policy prompted thousands of women to volunteer their services to assist the sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War between 1861 and 1865. The Civil War set the stage for resulting improvements within the history of nursing. As viewed in history, the female medical nurses of the Civil War were not a predominant type of individuals. They were average yet solid willed women who needed to have any kind of effect or change regardless of the societal
the middle of the nineteenth century, historians created the term “total war” as a completely detached classification of warfare. By examining the concept of total war, the effects of similar wars as well as those involved, historians can further understand how total war drastically altered the course of history. Total war can be described as a periodization from 1860- 1945. As a separate class of war, total war is a form of war that is unrestricted in the terms of global scale, social and economic