02575nam 2200553 a 450 991077897000332120200520144314.00-87013-906-10-585-18824-6(CKB)111004368747160(EBL)1672243(SSID)ssj0000262243(PQKBManifestationID)11238148(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262243(PQKBWorkID)10270522(PQKB)10856259(OCoLC)555783815(MdBmJHUP)muse12685(Au-PeEL)EBL3338182(CaPaEBR)ebr10514572(OCoLC)876514114(MiAaPQ)EBC3338182(EXLCZ)9911100436874716019910131d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTrials and triumphs[electronic resource] women of the American Civil War /Marilyn Mayer CulpepperEast Lansing Michigan State University Press19911 online resource (450 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-368-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. A Nation Torn Asunder; 2. Slaves, Soldiers, Free People; 3. Anxiety-The Irrepressible Companion; 4. The Refugee Experience; 5. The Ravages of War; 6. The Battle Against Privation; 7. "Much to Do"-Part I; 8. "Much to Do"-Part II; 9. The Florence Nightingales of the Civil War; 10. Peace at Last; Bibliography In Trials and Triumphs, Marilyn Mayer Culpepper provides incomparable insights into women's lives during America's Civil War era. Her respect for these nineteenth-century women and their experiences, as well as her engaging and intimate style, enable Culpepper to transport readers into a tumultuous time of death, destruction, and privation -- into a world turned upside down, an environment that seemed as strange to contemporaries as it does in our own time. Culpepper has uncovered forgotten images of America's bloodiest conflict contained in the diaries and correWomenUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865WomenWomenHistory973.7/15042Culpepper Marilyn Mayer1574957MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778970003321Trials and triumphs3851568UNINA