Alecia P. Long, Lisa Tendrich Frank, E. Susan Barber, and Charles F. Ritter explore occupation as an incubator of military policies that reflected occupied women's activism. Margaret Creighton, Kristen L. Streater, LeeAnn Whites, and Cita Cook examine locations where citizens both enforced and evaded these military policies. Leslie A. Schwalm, Victoria E. Bynum, and Joan E. Cashin look at the occupation in light of complex and overlapping race, class, and cultural differences. An epilogue by Judith Giesberg concludes the volume. Some essays reinterpret famous encounters between military men and occupied women, such as those surrounding General Butler's infamous "Woman Order" and Sherman's March to the Sea. Others explore new areas such as the development of military policy with regard to sexual justice. Throughout, the contributors examine the common experiences of occupied women and address the unique situations Union, Confederate, and freed women all faced.
Civil War historians have depicted Confederate women as rendered inert by occupying armies, but these essays demonstrate that women came together to form a strong, localized resistance to military invasion. Guerrilla activity, for example, occurred with the support and active participation of women on the home front. Women ran the domestic supply line of food, shelter, and information that proved critical to guerrilla tactics.
By broadening the discussion of the Civil War to include what LeeAnn Whites calls the "relational field of battle," this pioneering collection helps reconfigure the location of conflict and the chronology of the American Civil War.
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In Occupied Women, twelve distinguished historians consider how women's reactions to occupation affected both the strategies of military leaders and ultimately even the outcome of the Civil War. Historians have traditionally depicted Confederate women as helpless in the face of occupying armies, but these essays demonstrate that women came together to form a strong, localized resistance to military invasion. This pioneering collection uses the female perspective to reconfigure sources of conflict and the chronology of the American Civil War.
"This collection of essays is one of those rare books that provides unique insights into women's roles in the Civil War." -- Civil War News
"Any scholar or general reader who enjoys women's history or the Civil War will find this collection enlightening." -- Civil War Book Review
In Occupied Women, twelve distinguished historians consider how women's reactions to occupation affected both the strategies of military leaders and ultimately even the outcome of the Civil War. Historians have traditionally depicted Confederate women as helpless in the face of occupying armies, but these essays demonstrate that women came together to form a strong, localized resistance to military invasion. This pioneering collection uses the female perspective to reconfigure sources of conflict and the chronology of the American Civil War.
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