Given by the Madeley Estate.

Popular images of women during the American Civil War include self-sacrificing nurses, romantic spies, and brave ladies maintaining hearth and home in the absen

Winner of the PEN Oakland–Josephine Miles Award “A stunning portrayal of a tragedy endured and survived by women.” —David W. Blight, author of Frederick

American Women during World War II documents the lives and stories of women who contributed directly to the war effort via official and semi-official military o

Representing the work of more than 100 scholars, this book treats in depth all aspects of the previously untold story of women in the Civil War.