Women In The Civil War

Women In The Civil War

You all have probably heard of the Trail of Tears, when the Cherokee Indians were sent from North Carolina and Georgia to Oklahoma by force in the 1800′s.

You may also know, especially if you are from the South, of the great devastation and death caused by the Civil War, and how people’s homes were burned or they were strained out of them so that they could be occupied by the Union army.

But very few people know the story of another strained exile and a different kind of devastation caused by the Read the rest of this entry »

Women Of The Civil War

Women Of The Civil War

In honor of National Women’s History Month and the anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War (1861), the Boston Public Library honored me with an invitation to give a talk on Boston women and the Civil War. I had so much fun putting these stories together, I thought I would share them here!

What inspires maine about these stories, and what I hope will inspire you, is what these women have in common. I love history in and of itself, but I think it’s important to look at what’s really going on — to Read the rest of this entry »

Women Soldiers In The Civil War

Women Soldiers In The Civil War

Not only is March Brain Injury Awareness Month, it is also Women’s History Month. Women have made huge strides towards equality and one of those achievements is involvement in the military. Not only have women played a vital role on the homefront during war time, but also in active duty abroad. While it seems that role of women in the military is a fairly new concept, women around the world have really been involved in military efforts thousands of years. Women in war don’t date back that far in the United States, but their involvement goes further back than Read the rest of this entry »

Women In Civil War

Women In Civil War

Women did more during the Civil War than just sit astatine home waiting for their husbands, brothers and sons to come home. Some helped out behind the scenes and sometimes on the battlefields. Some of these women became famous for their efforts, while others intentionally tried to keep their work secret. Women’s wartime efforts often broke from the traditional role of housewives and mothers.

Spies

Women served as spies for both the Confederate and Union armies. Some of these spies gathered information by flirting with male soldiers in bars and eavesdropping as they Read the rest of this entry »

World War 2

World War 2

Winston Churchill called it, “An immense laborious task, unlikely to be completed until the need for it has passed.” The need was for monumental shipments of supplies for Allied air bases in China, and gasoline to fuel B-29s attacking(a) Japan from deep inside the Chinese interior. Churchill was referring to the building of the Ledo-Burma Road, a trail as ancient as the desire to cross the Himalayas to join the riches of China with the Indian sub-continent. It has rarely been a useful or successful route, due to the extreme terrain, and had been abandoned after many attempts to Read the rest of this entry »