Guatemalan Civil War

Dorothea Dix is an American social reformer with a huge impact of saving lives before and during The Civil War. In her early life, she opened a school for children including poor and neglected to help out on their reading and writing. Dix is more compassionate to teach the poor and neglected children, who can’t afford or able to make it to school, by coming to their houses because she felt the same connection during her childhood years under her strict and alcoholic father. Luckily her wealthy…

Emily” takes place in the 19th century, when the civil war has just ended. The abolishment of slavery after the civil war affected southerners crucially and was hard for them to accept. This is symbolized in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” through Emily being unable to cope with death and modernization. Emily’s refusal to accept change invites us to contemplate that many post war Southerners had a hard time adapting to a new way of living after the civil war and people in general also cling to…

The novel, Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier, takes place in the Appalachian Mountains during the Civil War. Appalachian people are known for their folklore and superstitions involving various aspects of their lives. Throughout this novel there are glimpses of folkloric wisdom of nature, superstitious schedules and actions, and herbal wisdom passed around the communities. Frazier was able to accurately display many of the traditions and folklore of the mountain people through several different…

Whenever people in the 21st Century think about the Civil War, their mind always wander towards the cause and brutality of the war. Medical conditions during the war were horrendous and at time experimental. Even though, doctors at times had anesthesia and a general sense of medicine, patients were always at a risk of death. The part that people do not ponder about is what types of provisions people acted upon to keep the death count low. Clara Barton for instance was determined to keep the…

I still don't really know a lot about women's history because it was never something they taught when I was in school. And they still don't do a very good job of teaching it in school. So those kinds of things always fascinate me because I love history. {pause} So with this mini-series, how many episodes are you planning? wp-1474256234630.pngRight now, we're thinking about ten episodes. That's the number we have in mind. It is scripted, and there will be actors. It's not a documentary. We are…

Both Caroline Cowels and Sarah Morgan have reflected on a historical time when America was experiencing civil war in their books, Village life in America and A Confederate girl’s Diary respectively. While Sarah Morgan’s family was directly involved in the civil strife through Confederacy, Caroline had and the family had been keen followers of what is was happening in the political realms of America. It is quite amazing how these female individuals took interest in matters pertaining to politics…

Civil War battlefield surgery, surgeons, and nurses were more common on the battlefield during the war because of the severity of the injuries and sickness from disease. Civil War battlefield surgery came to be known as butchery, though it saved many lives of soldiers and helped them possibly get back on the battlefield. The most common surgery that surgeons performed was amputations. Most deaths didn’t occur because of the amputation itself but because of the “surgical fevers,” which usually…

During the Civil War, a lot of people played different roles on both the Confederate and the Union sides of the war. There were spies who used their seductive powers to get information out of the officers and women who dressed up as men to be accepted as a soldier 's. The Civil War influenced much of society by beginning segregation, secession, and gave rights to slaves. According to the biography on her website, Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City,…

Images and discussions of the Civil War focus on the battles and the hardship back east. The burnt out husks of the Old South and bodies of soldiers lie strewn on the ground in black and white photos from the era. Movies romanticize large white columns and women in corallines swearing that they will never go hungry again. While school books will touch some on the Board War between Kansas and Missouri, they leave out the ripple effects of the war on the Indian Territory, and those who have been…

Dehumanizing Thoughts of Femininity During the Civil War in Woe To Live On Women during the Civil War normally stayed at home to cook, clean, and serve men. Woodrell portrays femininity as domestic in Woe To Live On, similar to past traditions. In Sue Lee’s case, using her femininity to her advantage gains her a sense of power by taking action when Jack Bull receives a serious injury; otherwise, wives like Mrs. Daily held their power in the house. Throughout history women never received the…