In addition to biographies of famous women such as Louisa May Alcott, this resource also provides coverage of less familiar names like Loreta Velazquez, a Cuban-born Confederate soldier and spy. It offers also offers topics including Army Nurses, the Battle of the Handkerchiefs and Prostitution.

List of Entries: *Abolitionists *African-American Women *Agricultural Women *Alcott, Louisa May *Anthony, Susan B. *Antietam (Sharpsburg), Battle of *Artists *Barton, Clara *Battle of the Handkerchiefs *Bickerdyke, Mary Ann Ball *Blalock, Malinda *Bowser, Mary Elizabeth *Boyd, Belle *Bread Rebellions *Brown, Clara *Brownell, Kady *Business Women *Camp Life *Carroll, Anna Ella *Cary, Mary Ann Shadd *Cashier, Albert D.J. (Jennie Hodgers) *Catholic Nuns *Chesnut, Mary Boykin *Child, Lydia Maria *Contraband Relief Assoc. *Contraband Women *Coppin, Fanny Jackson *Courtship and Marriage *Cumming, Kate *Cushman, Pauline *Davis, Rebecca Harding *Davis, Varina Howell *Diaries *Dickey, Sarah Ann *Dickinson, Anna *Dickinson, Emily *Dix, Dorothea *Doctors *Draft Riots *Edmonds, Sarah Emma *Edmondson, Belle *Education *Etheridge, Annie *Evans, Augusta Jane *Family Life *Fern, Fanny *Fort Sumter *Forten, Charlotte *Frémont, Jessie Benton *General Order No. 28 *Gettysburg, Battle of *Gibbons, Abby Hopper *Girlhood and Adolescence *Government Girls *Greenhow, Rose O'Neal *Guerrilla War *Gunboat Societies *Hale, Sarah Josepha *Hamilton, Gail *Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins *Haviland, Laura Smith *Hawks, Esther Hill *Hopkins, Juliet Opie *Hospital Ships *Howe, Julia Ward *Immigrant Women *Industrial Women *Invasion and Occupation *Jacobs, Harriet *Keckley, Elizabeth *Kemble, Fanny *Larcom, Lucy *LeConte, Emma *Lewis, Edmonia *Lincoln, Mary Todd *Literary Women *Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice *McCord, Louisa Cheves *Mexican-American Women *Military Women *Mitchell, Maria *Morgan, Sarah *Mormon Women *Mountain Charley *Native-American Women *Nurses *Patriotism *Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer *Pember, Phoebe Levy *Phillips, Eugenia Levy *Pleasant, Mary Ellen *Prostitutes *Ream, Vinnie *Refugees *Religion *Remond, Sarah Parker *Roswell Women *Sanitary Fairs *Secession *Sherman's March to the Sea *Slater, Sarah *Slavery and Emancipation *Soldiers' Aid Societies *Spies and Espionage *Stanton, Elizabeth Cady *Stowe, Harriet Beecher *Surratt, Mary *Swisshelm, Jane Grey *Taylor, Susie Baker King *Teachers of the Freedpeople *Tompkins, Sally *Treasury Girls *Truth, Sojourner *Tubman, Harriet *Turchin, Nadine Lvova *United States Christian Commission *United States Sanitary Commission *Van Lew, Elizabeth *Velazquez, Loreta Janeta *Vicksburg *Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta *Walker, Mary Edwards *Western Women *Woman's Central Association of Relief *Woman's National Loyal League *Women and Politics *Women's Rights Movement *Zakrzewska, Marie

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