Women in the Civil War
Women have dealt with many inconveniences over the years, but the Civil War is one of the greatest of them. Many roles of women included nurses, spies, soldiers, housewives, et cetera. Many other women stayed in their hometowns, whom were left lonely by their husbands and relatives who left for war. Some women were longing for adventure, claiming that they could do anything that a man could. Others believed it was only a man’s duty to fight on the battlefield. Other women enjoyed being damsels in distress, agreeing that only a man could serve his country in war. Women nurses during the Civil War were often shamed for trying to work as what was known as “only a man’s job”. The men working on the battlefields would tell the women to go home and do what they are really meant to do. Luckily today, it is not seen the same way, as there are as much as, maybe even more women nurses than there are men nurses. The Civil war nurses did many other things than heal wounds and …show more content…
One famous woman, Harriet Tubman, served as a spy for the Union army. Harriet would hide through many different disguises, to lead other local black spies to get any information necessary to them and the Union army. Another woman, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, has a story that is less documented than Harriet Tubman’s, but is no less intriguing. People say that Mary had a photographic memory and was able to remember all the information she saw that was needed for her spy work. Mary was unfortunetly discovered as a spy years later, and fled Virginia near the end of the Civil War. There was also a woman named Mary Touvestre. Mary overheard plans about building the C.S.S Virginia. She feistily stole a copy, turning it in to the Confederate army. After the Civil War, most, black, women spies were mostly forgotten and were never thanked enough for their hard work and selflessness. (Source 1,6, and Davidson and Stoff page
Women have dealt with many inconveniences over the years, but the Civil War is one of the greatest of them. Many roles of women included nurses, spies, soldiers, housewives, et cetera. Many other women stayed in their hometowns, whom were left lonely by their husbands and relatives who left for war. Some women were longing for adventure, claiming that they could do anything that a man could. Others believed it was only a man’s duty to fight on the battlefield. Other women enjoyed being damsels in distress, agreeing that only a man could serve his country in war. Women nurses during the Civil War were often shamed for trying to work as what was known as “only a man’s job”. The men working on the battlefields would tell the women to go home and do what they are really meant to do. Luckily today, it is not seen the same way, as there are as much as, maybe even more women nurses than there are men nurses. The Civil war nurses did many other things than heal wounds and …show more content…
One famous woman, Harriet Tubman, served as a spy for the Union army. Harriet would hide through many different disguises, to lead other local black spies to get any information necessary to them and the Union army. Another woman, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, has a story that is less documented than Harriet Tubman’s, but is no less intriguing. People say that Mary had a photographic memory and was able to remember all the information she saw that was needed for her spy work. Mary was unfortunetly discovered as a spy years later, and fled Virginia near the end of the Civil War. There was also a woman named Mary Touvestre. Mary overheard plans about building the C.S.S Virginia. She feistily stole a copy, turning it in to the Confederate army. After the Civil War, most, black, women spies were mostly forgotten and were never thanked enough for their hard work and selflessness. (Source 1,6, and Davidson and Stoff page