Women in Civil War

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In this article, the writer examines the condition of women during the Civil War in Southern Appalachia. The writer discusses the social effects of the geography of the region. The writer also looks at its isolation from the rest of the Deep South. The subject of slavery is also discussed in this paper. In addition the writer looks at the role of women in this period.

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"The purpose of this research is to examine the status of women who lived in the mountains of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee during the Civil War. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which the experience of women of that region was shaped by events in the U.S. in the mid-nineteenth century and then to discuss with reference to documents generated from the period, ways in which women were obliged to adapt to a situation in which men in their ... "

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