Women in Civil War Texas [[electronic resource] ] : Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi / / edited by Deborah M. Liles and Angela Boswell

• Pubblicazione: Denton, Texas : , : University of North Texas Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.409764/09034
• Soggetto topico: Women pioneers - Texas; Women - Texas - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women; Texas History Civil War, 1861-1865
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BoswellAngela <1965->; LilesDebbie M.
• Note generali: Description based on print version record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "Everyone has the war fever": Anglo Texan women prepare for secession and war / Vicki Betts -- Caroline Sedberry, politician's wife: an ordinary woman in extraordinary times / Dorothy Ewing -- He said, she said: gendered correspondence among Texans / Beverly Rowe -- Finding joy through hard times: Texas women's recreation during the Civil War / Brittany Bounds -- Black Texas women and the freedom war / Bruce A. Glasrud -- Black women and Supreme Court decisions during the Civil War era / Linda S. Hudson -- Mexican-Texan women in the Civil War / Jerry Thompson and Elizabeth Mata -- Courage on a Texas frontier: German Texas Unionist women on the Civil War homefront / Judith Dykes-Hoffman -- "In favor of our fathers' country and government:" Unionist women in north Texas / Rebecca Sharpless -- "They call us all renegades in Tyler": elite refugee women in Civil War Texas / Candice N. Shockley -- Not your typical Southern belles: women on the western frontier of Texas / Deborah M. Liles.
• Sommario/riassunto: Women in Civil War Texas is the first book dedicated to the unique experiences of Texas women during the Civil War. It fills the literary void in Texas women’s history during this time, connects Texas women’s lives to southern women’s history, and shares the diversity of experiences of women in Texas during the Civil War. An introductory essay situates the anthology within both Civil War and Texas women’s history. Contributors explore Texas women and their vocal support for secession and in support of a war, coping with their husbands’ wartime absences, the importance of letter-writing as a means of connecting families, and how pro-Union sentiment caused serious difficulties for women. They also analyze the effects of ethnicity, focusing on African American, German, and Tejana women’s experiences. Finally, two essays examine the problem of refugee women in east Texas and the dangers facing western frontier women. These essays develop the historical understanding of what it meant to be a Texas woman during the Civil War and also contribute to a deeper understanding of the complexity of the war and its effects.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women in Civil War Texas
• ISBN: 1-57441-660-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153232103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II