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Learn about Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an African American woman who recruited for the Union Army
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Clara Jones never stopped caring for people in need after the Civil War. Read about her amazing story.
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“Ladies! If you’ve got here you’ll get anywhere.”
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After the American Civil War, Clara Barton led the search for over 40,000 missing soldiers … including some who didn’t want to be found.
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Schoolteacher Clara Jones engaged in full time hospital work in the summer of 1862.
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Over 400 women disguised themselves as men during the American Civil War. How did they do it?
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Many of us associate the Victorian era with an image of a delicate woman swooning on a couch, incapacitated by her monthly visitor. Where did this image originate? And how closely did it hew to the reality of women’s lives in Victorian America?
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Victorian Americans, like us, spent a lot of time thinking about how to not get pregnant.
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Dr. Mary E. Walker of New York embarked on a crusade to become a surgeon in the Union Army.
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Discover the true history of the “Dragon Lady.”
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