Women In The Civil War

“The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes.” ― C. JoyBell C.

"I think a lot of women said, Screw that noise. 'Cause they had a taste of freedom, they had a taste of making their own money, a taste of spending their own money, making their own decisions. I think the beginning of the women's movement had its seeds right there in World War Two." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 28 April 1942

"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". Clara Barton

"I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us - don't tell! They'd banish us, you know" Emily Dickinson

“If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or ‘our’ country, let it be understood, soberly and rationally between us, that you are fighting to gratify a sex Instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits which I have not shared and probably will not share; but not to gratify my instincts, or protect either myself or my country. For, the outside will say, in fact, as a woman, I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world...”

Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) England

References

These are some referenced books that tell the lives of heroic women during the war era

Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
Mary Walker Wears The Pants
Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers
Clara Barton (Angel of the Battlefield)
Marching With Aunt Susan
My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers

Women In The Civil War

The Sacrifices Women Made For Their Country

References