Hell, Hath No Fury: 15 Insatiably Murderous Victorian Women
June 19, 2023
We humans have an odd fascination with death and murder in our literature, and later in our newspapers tracing back to the Antebellum and Victorian
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The Women of the American Civil War Annotated Bibliography
February 18, 2021
The experiences of women during the American Civil War has varied greatly, and the many ways in which historians have interpreted their involvement has met
Bibliography on Women of the Civil War
February 18, 2021
Bibliography Blanton, DeAnne, and Lauren M. Cook. 2005. They Fought like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War. Stroud: Sutton. Blight, PhD., David. “David
Women History Forgot Part Three
February 18, 2021
#3 Anna Strong As the Revolutionary War heated up in the Colonies of America, everywhere patriots looked they were surrounded by Redcoats living in close
Women History Forgot Part Two
February 18, 2021
#2 Mary Elizabeth Bowser During the horrors of the Civil War, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, born Mary Jane Richards, was a slave on the Van Lew
Women History Forgot Part One
February 18, 2021
Here are three women who challenge our idea of a meek female and bear responsibility for the freedoms we enjoy today. These three women were spies operating under the noses of the enemy. They risked all for the American cause during the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War and World War II so that our nation would rise and endure through time.
Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women’s Rights in 19th Century America
February 17, 2021
Ann Braude, Harvard Divinity School Women’s Studies professor, wrote, Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women’s Rights in 19th Century America, in 1991, for Beacon Publishers. The work, Radical Spirits, highlights spiritualism, and spiritualists, rise to prominence in America, with the primary focus on women’s suffrage historiography and the impacts of spiritualists themselves on equality for women.[1] Braude demonstrates time and again that key figures could affect great change, such as the Fox Sisters, Laura Cuppy, and Victoria Woodhull, who ran for president thus pressuring the American political machine to recognize women’s abilities, activism, suffrage, and rights.
The Rhetoric of Rebel Women: Civil War Diaries and Confederate Persuasion
February 17, 2021
Harrison, Kimberly. “The Rhetoric of Rebel Women: Civil War Diaries and Confederate Persuasion,” Southern Illinois University Press, 2013, ProQuest eBook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/lib/snhu-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1402889. Kimberly Harrison examines
The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier
February 17, 2021
Adam Jortner examines the impacts of William Henry Harrison’s war against the Shawnee Prophet, Tenskwatawa and his brother, the Great Shawnee War Chief Tecumseh, for
Part Two: Death, Mourning, World War
February 10, 2021
There are two books that I feel should be required, or at the very least offered as optional reading material. Each aid in helping students
