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Women Spies Help Change the Civil War By: Alyssa Parete In the Civil War they really did not want women involved but some women just wanted to be apart of it. Some woman even disguised them selves as men to be in the Civil War. Women were better spies than men were. Also, there were a lot of great woman that did many great things to help the war. They went to great lengths to spy. Some women wanted to be involved in the war and help so much that they dressed up as men. Their purpose was to be with their husbands in the war, but many served alone simply out of patriotism to the country or for the adventure and excitement. When women were found in soldier's uniform they were considered disgraced and were sent home. A lot of people may wonder how most of these women get caught but Physical examinations was very poor and did not happen often so it made it much easer for these women. In the war woman felt like they were being left out, so they tried their best to try to get involved. At first men were spies and had their own spy network. Then women made up there own spy network. A lot of men did not like that women were spies and it was hard for them to get used to it. But in many cases the information that the woman received was more accurate then the men. After a while people realized that the women were doing a good job. There were many great women, such as Rose O'Neal Greenhow, B elle Boyd, Sarah Emma Edmonds, and many more spies. These women did some wonderful things to help out the war. One spy was Elizabeth Van Lew, who helped set up networks and made codes. Also Sarah Emma Edmonds was very committed to serve her country that she tried enlisting in the war three times and final made it the fourth time she tried. Belle Boyd did a very risky job by carrying letter back and forth for the confederates. There were many different ways that different ladies would use to spy. Like Belle Boyd began spying from her father’s hotel in Funt Royal. Elizabeth was different from the other woman spies because she used neither charm nor beauty to get her military information. Also some people like Rose O'Neal Greenhow used her popularity to get and give information, but got arrested for suspicious activities. I picked this topic because it interested me. I think that it was really brave of woman to dress up as men to fight in the war. Also I think it was very good of them to get involved when the men did not want them to but they pushed for it. A lot of theses women used very good ways to spy. I think they were all great women that used wonderful strategies to get there point across that they wanted to be involved.