One of the best-documented female soldiers is Sarah Edmonds. She was a Union soldier and worked during the Civil War as a nurse. Bettmann / Corbis Even though women weren’t legally allowed to fight in ...
Bette Horstman was a medical officer on Saipan during World War II. Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's sweep ...
Historians say that Sarah Emma Edmonds exaggerated many aspects of her wartime experiences. Still, she bravely served in the Union Army, becoming one of hundreds of women who fought in the conflict in ...
Espionage in the American Civil War was deadly — and for women, capture often meant brutal treatment, imprisonment, or public ...
Prologue : a true-hearted Union woman : Lydia Bixby's civil war -- From harvest field to battlefield : rural women and the war -- Rumors of relief, stories of displacement -- Bodies out of place : ...
Just in time for Women’s History Month, a new Amazon Prime Video series arrives to tell the harrowing true story of a female-led spy network that helped the Union army win the Civil War. Here’s ...