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"when any female shall, by word, gesture or movement,

insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation."

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Harriet Jacobs

Harriet travelled to Alexandria, a city in the south, to help people in need, even though she was surrounded by racists secessionists.

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“scorched by the sun, chilled by the wave rocked by the tempest.....toiling day after day in the trenches.”

Clara Barton enlisted as a freelance nurse, and aided various barracks when

Others were unwilling to do such.

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Harriet Jacobs

"She would return to bring relief throughout the war- making a home for herself and all comers- as the numbers of refugees swelled."

Harriet Jacobs created a school and refugee camp for people in need.

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"But...I thank god that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman."

Bella Boyd was a spy for the Confederacy who often went far from the "Sphere of Domesticity" since she killed people, lied and stole. Even though she did these bad things she still was a help to the War.

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" Women have a way of doing things comfortably, so I leave it to you."

Louisa May Alcott worked as a nurse in the Civil War. It was her job to comfort the soldiers that she attended, even if they were close to death. She fit the gender role and followed what the doctors told her.

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"Often they enlisted from the same motives as men: a patriotic sense of duty, to uphold family traditions, to gain better or any pay, for abolition."

Women helped by fighting, along side brother, husbands, and boyfriends, cooking, cleaning, sewing for the soldiers,and medical and naval roles as well. Women contributed most to medical care and there were about 20,000 female doctors, nurses, and patrons working in the Civil War.

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"By June, Dix had been appointed superintendent of Women Nurses, the first woman to to serve in a federal-level executive position"

Dix became a main organizing force behind the wartime nursing effort and pushed for improvements in the millitary medical establishment

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By the end of the next day enough bed clothes had been secured to ensure a night' swarm sleep for all of the new recruits.

Many women in Ohio and the surrounding areas helped to supply soldiers in battle by sending them clothing, blankets and food.

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"She perfected a flare signal that was to become a critical communications tool for United States naval services, not only during the war, but for decades to come."

- Martha took over her husband's research as a young widow and invented flares that were used by the Navy.