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 * Thesis: Women played just as an important role in the civil war as men did**

1. Women such as Clara Barton took care of soldiers who were wounded during battle.

2. Women such as Harriet Beecher Stowe inspired others to change their minds about slavery.

3. Some women were spies and risked their lives to recieve important information that influenced many important decisions.

4. Men weren't the only ones who fought in the war. Some women disguised themselves as men and joined the army.

Sources http://www.essortment.com/all/spiescivilwar_rnfp.htm http://americancivilwar.com/women/cb.html http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2001/stowe.html http://www.americancivilwar.com/women/index.html http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Barton.html http://civilwarwomen.blogspot.com/2008/07/frances-clalin-clayton.html

Harriet Beecher Stowe:
 * Research**:

- born June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut - of a famous Congregational minister, **abolitionist**, and founder of the American Bible Society Lyman Beecher - she was a Christian - mother died when she was 5 - Her first publication was a geography for children, issued under her sister's name in 1833. - sheltered fugitive slaves - wrote //Uncle Tom's Cabin//, published in 1852, which had a huge influence on people's views of the war - half a million copies were sold by 1857, breaking all sales records for that time period - First printed as a serial in //The National Era//, an abolitionist paper - spoke about slavery in US and Europe - She wrote //A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin// (1853) which explained the realities on which the book was based - wrote another anti-slavery novel in 1856, called //Dred//

Clara Barton:

- after battle of Bull Run she established agency to help wounded men by giving them supplies - she got permission to travel behind the troops to their next battle - she helped soldiers from both the North and South in some of the cruelest battles - after the war she became known as a lecturer - in 1881 she established the American Red Cross -

Emeline Pigott:

- A woman confederate spy - helped out by taking food medical supplies and and clothing and hide it in trees to be picked up later by the soldiers - she assisted the army in three different counties - as time went on this led to her also obtaining info - she would entertain union soldiers and get helpful information from them - wearing a hoop skirt would allow her to cary 30 pounds of supplies and info too - when yankees occupied Bern, NC she moved to Concord, NC and continued spying - when she returned to her home yankees occupied the whole area - her and brother in law Rufus Bell were suspected of spying in 1865 - one day they were arrested and jailed - before she was searched she ate some incriminating onfo and tore up others - much of it was hidden in her hoop skirt - sent to new bern and imprisoned - she was sentenced to death and then mysteriously released - she died with out ever telling anyone why she was released - her activities were severly monitored by the union until the end of the war

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