The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Vol. 1, 1894-1929
Title | The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Vol. 1, 1894-1929 PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Jennings Lawton (Chairman) |
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Pages | 391 |
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The History of United Daughters of the Confederacy
Title | The History of United Daughters of the Confederacy PDF eBook |
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Release | 1956 |
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The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Title | The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy PDF eBook |
Author | United Daughters of the Confederacy |
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Pages | 226 |
Release | 1956 |
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History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1894-1929
Title | History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1894-1929 PDF eBook |
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Genre | United States |
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The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, V1-2
Title | The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, V1-2 PDF eBook |
Author | Mary B. Poppenheim |
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Pages | 448 |
Release | 2013-10 |
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ISBN | 9781258936297 |
This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.
The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy [1894-1955
Title | The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy [1894-1955 PDF eBook |
Author | United Daughters of the Confederacy |
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Pages | 391 |
Release | 1956 |
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Worth a Dozen Men
Title | Worth a Dozen Men PDF eBook |
Author | Libra R. Hilde |
Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2012-03-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813932181 |
In antebellum society, women were regarded as ideal nurses because of their sympathetic natures. However, they were expected to exercise their talents only in the home; nursing strange men in hospitals was considered inappropriate, if not indecent. Nevertheless, in defiance of tradition, Confederate women set up hospitals early in the Civil War and organized volunteers to care for the increasing number of sick and wounded soldiers. As a fledgling government engaged in a long and bloody war, the Confederacy relied on this female labor, which prompted a new understanding of women’s place in public life and a shift in gender roles. Challenging the assumption that Southern women’s contributions to the war effort were less systematic and organized than those of Union women, Worth a Dozen Men looks at the Civil War as a watershed moment for Southern women. Female nurses in the South played a critical role in raising army and civilian morale and reducing mortality rates, thus allowing the South to continue fighting. They embodied a new model of heroic energy and nationalism, and came to be seen as the female equivalent of soldiers. Moreover, nursing provided them with a foundation for pro-Confederate political activity, both during and after the war, when gender roles and race relations underwent dramatic changes. Worth a Dozen Men chronicles the Southern wartime nursing experience, tracking the course of the conflict from the initial burst of Confederate nationalism to the shock and sorrow of losing the war. Through newspapers and official records, as well as letters, diaries, and memoirs—not only those of the remarkable and dedicated women who participated, but also of the doctors with whom they served, their soldier patients, and the patients’ families—a comprehensive picture of what it was like to be a nurse in the South during the Civil War emerges.