Women+Spies+in+Civil+WarAR09


 * **Topic: Women Spies and Soldiers**


 * Focus: What it was like to be a woman spy for the Confederacy.**


 * Reason for choice: People think women can't take on such harsh jobs.**

Need some "starters" to help you brainstorm a thesis? Give your thesis the thesis test
 * What's your point? ([|thesis]): Women can do just as much as men can (sometimes better)**

What are four various secondary sources you have found before your research? Wikipedia, Belle Boyd Biography, Geocities, Roots Web What are two primary sources you have found to help your research? Hearts at Home: Spies, Google Timeline


 * What four reasons do you have that will back up your point?**

1 Espionage career began by chance.

2 Killed Union soldier for trying to put U.S. flag over her house and pushing her mother.

3 She married Captain Harding, the Union naval officer who took command of the ship.

4 She was sent into the Union to "deliver letters", but was actually sent to spy for the Confederates.

Her espionage career wasn't planned. What can you conclude from these facts? Her espionage career wasn't planned. When she was seventeen years old, a band of Union soldiers broke into her home and planned on raising the U.S. flag above her home. When one of them pushed her mother, she took out a pistol and killed him. This is how she started her career in spying for the Confederacy. Sources: []
 * What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it?**

Killed a Union soldier for trying to put U.S. flag over her house and pushing her mother. What can you conclude from these facts? When she was seventeen a group of Union soldiers broke into her house and one of them pushed her mother. They were trying to raise the U.S. flag over her house, so she took out a pistol and shot him dead. This is how she got her start in espionage when she realized that she was very good at being discreet. Sources: []
 * What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it?**

Married Captain Harding, the Union naval officer who took command of the ship. What can you conclude from these facts? She married the Captain because he showed that she had the endurance and intelligence to withstand being able to take over a ship. Her intelligence proved her to be a great captain and that was also the reason she was appointed as the new captan. Sources: []
 * What is your third reason and three to five facts to support it?**

Sent into the Union to deliver letters from Jefferson Davis What can you conclude from these facts? She was delivering letters from Jefferson Davis to recover from typhoid, but ended up spying for the Confederacy. This is how she got her big start in being a spy. Sources: []
 * What is your fourth reason and three to five facts to support it?**

Belle Boyd showed that women can do anything and sometimes way better than men can. She proved that she could spy without being caught and she could take over a ship with the skills of an espionage agent with a lifetime of experience. She was very sneaky and new how to keep herself hidden if she wanted to, which made her a great spy. I can't exactly compare myself or my life to this, considering I have never been a spy. Ideas on how you are going to present? Involve the class? Be exciting? Interesting? Wow? Huh? Ahhh? none I will probably make a movie. || Help · About · Blog · Terms · Privacy · [|**Support**] · [|**Upgrade**]Contributions to http://collaborationnation.wikispaces.com are licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution Share]
 * Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life?**