women

Reveals how women influenced the course of the Civil War and transformed their own lives in the process.

Profiles the actions of eight women during the American Revolution, including Sybil Ludington, Mercy Otis Warren, Polly Cooper, and Penelope Barker; and includes a glossary and illustrations.

Tells stories of several Confederate women who supported the secession of the southern states during the Civil War, with particular emphasis on the siege of Richmond.

A history and analysis of women in official combat roles, covering a period that ranges from ancient Greece to the post-Gulf War era, tracing the evolution of women's participation in war and combat, and discussing the involvement of law and policy in the position of women in the military.

Discusses the situation of white women in slave-holding families during the Civil War, showing how they responded to their new responsibilities as heads of households, loss of prosperity, and a changing society.

Addresses the controversy concerning women in the military from a variety of perspectives.

Biographical sketches of fourteen women of the Revolutionary period, many of whom contributed heroically to the war effort.