While Women have often gone unrecognized throughout history, they have made a massive impact. One of the ways that women have impacted history is during the Civil War. Hundreds of women, on both sides, joined the fight by becoming spies. Today, however, we are going to focus on what it was like to be a woman spy for the union.
Women made great spies because they were viewed as nonthreatening and docile. The majority of women spies were young, white, and unmarried because they had more freedom and time. However, there were also many slaves, and former slaves who worked as spies, such as Harriet Tubman, a former slave, who served as a Union spy, and a conductor of the underground railroad.
Spying was a risky business. In order to
Women made great spies because they were viewed as nonthreatening and docile. The majority of women spies were young, white, and unmarried because they had more freedom and time. However, there were also many slaves, and former slaves who worked as spies, such as Harriet Tubman, a former slave, who served as a Union spy, and a conductor of the underground railroad.
Spying was a risky business. In order to