| Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front Contributor(s): Giesberg, Judith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807872636 ISBN-13: 9780807872635 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 973.708 |
| Series: Civil War America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introducing readers to women whose Civil War experiences have long been ignored, Judith Giesberg examines the lives of working-class women in the North, for whom the home front was a battlefield of its own. Black and white working-class women managed farms that had been left without a male head of household, worked in munitions factories, made uniforms, and located and cared for injured or dead soldiers. As they became more active in their new roles, they became visible as political actors, writing letters, signing petitions, moving (or refusing to move) from their homes, and confronting civilian and military officials. At the heart of the book are stories of women who fought the draft in New York and Pennsylvania, protested segregated streetcars in San Francisco and Philadelphia, and demanded a living wage in the needle trades and safer conditions at the Federal arsenals where they labored. Giesberg challenges readers to think about women and children who were caught up in the military conflict but nonetheless refused to become its collateral damage. She offers a dramatic reinterpretation of how America's Civil War reshaped the lived experience of race and gender and brought swift and lasting changes to working-class family life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Giesberg, Judith: - Judith Giesberg is professor of history at Villanova University and author of Civil War Sisterhood: The United States Sanitary Commission and Women's Politics in Transition. |