Occupied women : gender, military occupation, and the American Civil War

Occupied women : gender, military occupation, and the American Civil War / edited by LeeAnn Whites and Alecia P. Long.

Other author/creator	Whites, LeeAnn.
Other author/creator	Long, Alecia P., 1966-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2009.
Description	vi, 256 pages : map ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Women and war--United States --History --19th century. Women--Southern States --Social conditions --19th century. Women--Employment --Southern States --History --19th century. Military occupation--Social aspects --Confederate States of America. Sex role--Southern States --History --19th century. Occupations--Southern States --History --19th century. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Women. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Social aspects.

Contents	(Mis)remembering general order no. 28: Benjamin Butler, the woman order, and historical memory / Alecia P. Long -- Bedrooms as battlefields: the role of gender politics in Sherman's march / Lisa Tendrich Frank -- "Physical abuse ... and rough handling": race, gender, and sexual justice in the occupied south / E. Susan Barber and Charles F. Ritter -- Gettysburg out of bounds: women and soldiers in the embattled borough, 1863 / Margaret Creighton -- "She-rebels" on the supply line: gender conventions in civil war Kentucky / Kristen L. Streater -- "Corresponding with the enemy": mobilizing the relational field of battle in St. Louis / Leeann Whites -- The practical ladies of occupied Natchez / Cita Cook -- Between slavery and freedom: African American women and occupation in the slave south / Leslie A. Schwalm -- Occupied at home: Women confront confederate forces in North Carolina's quaker belt / Victoria E. Bynum -- Widow in a swamp: gender, unionism, and literacy in the occupied south during the civil war / Joan E. Cashin -- Epilogue: the fortieth congress, southern women, and the gender politics of postwar occupation / Judith Giesberg.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-241) and index.
LCCN	2008042281
ISBN	9780807134405 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807134406 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E628 .O33 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold