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Women made significant contributions during the Civil War. Some were spies and nurses, while others disguised themselves as men and served with the soldiers. Those not on the battle field were at home taking over family businesses, running farms, mending clothes, and whatever else they could to support the troops and keep their families' afloat.

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Women During the Civil War: The Civil War in Four Minutes

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When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Dorothea felt the call to help. With her contacts in the government she became the Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union. She helped to recruit, organize, and train thousands of women nurses.
Dorothea set specific requirements for all female nurses including: 1) They must be between the age of 35 and 50, 2) They must be plain-looking and matronly, 3) They could only wear plain dresses of the colors brown, black, or gray, 4) There were not to wear any ornaments or jewelry.

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Near the start of the Civil War a number of wounded soldiers arrived in Washington D.C. Clara and her sister Sally did what they could to help the men. They found out that the soldiers had little in the way of basic supplies to take care of their wounds. Clara decided to do something about this. She soon organized a way to get needed supplies to the soldiers on the front lines. Throughout the Civil War, Clara traveled from battle to battle, doing what she could to nurse the soldiers back to health. She was brave enough to go right up to where the fighting was taking place. Many soldiers were comforted by her presence and she became known as the "Angel of the Battlefield". Clara also founded the American Red Cross on May 21, 1881. Since then, the American Red Cross has helped people recover from all sorts of disasters from floods to fires to earthquakes.

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Interesting facts about Women in the Civil War

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Interesting facts about Women in the Civil War

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1. Mary Walker was the only woman who officially worked as a Union doctor during the Civil War. She was once captured by the South, but was later freed and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. 2. The famous writer Louisa May Alcott who wrote Little Women worked as a nurse for the Union. 3. It is estimated that over 400 women fought in the war as soldiers disguised as men. 4. Clara Barton once said that the Civil War advanced the position of women by 50 years.

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Other Influential Women during the Civil War

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Other Influential Women during the Civil War

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1. Elizabeth Cady Stanton - She fought for the end to slavery and for women's rights. 2. Harriet Beecher Stowe - Author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which exposed the harshness of slavery to people in the North. 3. Harriet Tubman - Escaped slave who worked in the Underground Railroad and later as a Union spy during the war.

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Witnessed her husband's death while fighting side-by-side for the Union.

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