Stepdaughters of History: Southern Women and the American Civil War/ CLINTON - (W) school Addressing the issue of black

Addressing the issue of black suffrage

first established in 1862

Oliver Howard

Lincoln’s move toward ending slavery and his unwillingness to compromise on emancipation spurred the white supremacist Booth and ultimately resulted in the president’s untimely death

A host of characters

Stepdaughters of History: Southern Women and the American Civil War/ CLINTON - (W) school Addressing the issue of blackStepdaughters of History: Southern Women and the American Civil War by Catherine Clinton In Stepdaughters of History, noted scholar Catherine Clinton reflects on the roles of women as historical actors within the field of Civil War studies and examines the ways in which historians have redefined female wartime participation. Clinton contends that despite the recent attention, white and black womens contributions remain shrouded in myth and sidelined