03067oam 2200697I 450 991083184080332120250322110036.097814780904031478090405978147801025814780102589781478012832147801283810.1515/9781478012832(CKB)5470000000211888(OCoLC)1141031645(MdBmJHUP)muse93269(MiAaPQ)EBC6383590(DE-B1597)553165(DE-B1597)97814780128321198604936(ScCtBLL)a1b0d4f8-0be7-44a0-b85b-7a7fa7f1bf4d(ODN)ODN0011133864(DE-B1597)600483(DE-B1597)9781478090403(Perlego)2397402(EXLCZ)99547000000021188820201002d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierClaiming Union Widowhood race, respectability, and poverty in the post-emancipation South /Brandi Clay BrimmerDurham :Duke University Press,2020.1 online resource1-4780-1132-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.A People and a Place -- Black Life and Labor in New Bern, North Carolina, 1850- -- The Black Community in New Bern, 1865-1920 -- Encountering the State -- Her Claim Is Lawful and Just: Black Women's Petitions for Survivors' Benefits -- Black Women, Claims Agents, and the Pension Network -- Encounters with the State: Black Women and Special Examiners -- Marriage and the Expansion of the Pension System in Black Women and Suspensions for "Open and Notorious Cohabitation" -- The Personal Consequences of Union Widowhood"Brandi Clay Brimmer analyzes the US pension system from the perspective of poor black women in the period before, during, and after the Civil War outlines the struggles of mothers, wives, and widows of black Union soldiers to claim rights in the face of unjust legislation."--Provided by publisher.Military pensionsUnited StatesCivil War, 1861-1865Military pensionsNorth CarolinaWidowsNorth CarolinaHistory19th centuryAfrican American womenNorth CarolinaHistory19th centuryWomen's rightsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryRacismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865PensionsMilitary pensionsMilitary pensionsWidowsHistoryAfrican American womenHistoryWomen's rightsHistoryRacismHistory973.7469Brimmer Brandi Clay1973-1787586NDDNDDBOOK9910831840803321Claiming Union Widowhood4321106UNINA