Describe women’s contributions to the Civil War. Do you think these activities changed attitudes about women’s work in the decades after the war?

Women’s America: Refocusing the Past.

This essay covers the reading assignments for Week 3 including the lecture notes in Modules and your textbook, Women’s America: Refocusing the Past. In a short essay of a page or so (double-spaced), describe women’s contributions to the Civil War. Do you think these activities changed attitudes about women’s work in the decades after the war?

Be sure to use specific examples, quotations, and detailed information in your essay. This essay should have source citations listed at the end. Citations may be informal. For modules, use the name of the page. For the textbook references, use “Kerber, Women’s America” and the page number(s).