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Women’s Women’s ContributionsContributions
to theto theCIVIL WARCIVIL WAR
By: Joe & ShaylaBy: Joe & Shayla
Contributors!Contributors!
Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe Clara BaronClara Baron Rose O’neal GreenhowRose O’neal Greenhow Lucretia MottLucretia Mott Susan King TaylorSusan King Taylor Disguised women soldiersDisguised women soldiers
Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman
Served as Union spyServed as Union spy
Served as an unpaid soldierServed as an unpaid soldier
Volunteer nurse and freedom fighterVolunteer nurse and freedom fighter
During the war, she earned the name During the war, she earned the name “General Tubman”“General Tubman”
Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe
Spoke against slavery in both Spoke against slavery in both America and EuropeAmerica and Europe
She published two anti-slavery She published two anti-slavery novels called novels called A Key To Uncle Tom’s A Key To Uncle Tom’s Cabin Cabin andand Dred Dred
Became one of America’s best-paid Became one of America’s best-paid and most famous writersand most famous writers
Clara BartonClara Barton
After the Battle of Bull Run, she After the Battle of Bull Run, she established an agency to obtain and established an agency to obtain and distribute supplies to wounded distribute supplies to wounded soldierssoldiers
July 1862, she obtained permission to July 1862, she obtained permission to travel behind the lines, eventually travel behind the lines, eventually reaching some of the grimmest reaching some of the grimmest battlefields of the warbattlefields of the war
Delivered aid to soldiers of both the Delivered aid to soldiers of both the North and SouthNorth and South
Rose O’Neal GreenhowRose O’Neal Greenhow
She was a Confederate SpyShe was a Confederate Spy
Was a leader in Washington societyWas a leader in Washington society
One of the most renowned spies in One of the most renowned spies in the Civil Warthe Civil War
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott
Political and social reformerPolitical and social reformer
Actively participated in many of the Actively participated in many of the reform movements of the day including reform movements of the day including abolition, temperance, and pacifism.abolition, temperance, and pacifism.
Inaugurated the woman suffrage Inaugurated the woman suffrage movementmovement
Susan King TaylorSusan King Taylor
Volunteered as nurse and launderer in Volunteered as nurse and launderer in Civil WarCivil War
Founder of American Red CrossFounder of American Red Cross Created the Boston Branch of the Created the Boston Branch of the
Women’s Relief Corps after the warWomen’s Relief Corps after the war Her memoirs published in 1902, and Her memoirs published in 1902, and
became the only written record of became the only written record of Black volunteer nurses in the Civil WarBlack volunteer nurses in the Civil War
Woman SoldiersWoman Soldiers
Some women disguised themselves Some women disguised themselves as men so they could be soldiers…as men so they could be soldiers…
Frances Clayton Sarah Edmonds Frances Clayton Sarah Edmonds SeelyeSeelye
Conclusion…• After this slideshow I realized that
women had a lot more to do with the Civil War than what most people think. Women are just as passionate about their country as men are and are willing to risk their lives to save it.
Sited WorkSited Work
http://www.archives.gov/publications/http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-cprologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-2.htmlivil-war-2.html
http://www.userpages.aug.com/captbhttp://www.userpages.aug.com/captbarb/contributions.htmlarb/contributions.html
http://www.americancivilwar.com/wohttp://www.americancivilwar.com/women/hbs.htmlmen/hbs.html