Civil War: Books about women

Explores the lives and roles of women during the Civil War, including their work as nurses, spies, and soldiers, as well as daily life and work on the home front

The stories of women who disguised themselves as men to fight in the Civil War.

An account of the many roles played by women in the Civil War, both on the battlefield and at home. It discusses Louisa May Alcott, Clara Barton, Belle Boyd, Dorothea Dix, Rose Greenhow, the Grimke sisters, Harriet Tubman, and others.

This book provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diaries which express the thoughts of women and children from both the North and the South.

Explores the life and career of this Civil War-era author and her amazing efforts for women and slaves.

Discusses the life and work of Clara Barton, a nurse during the Civil War and founder of the American Red Cross.

Chronicles the life of social reformer Dorothea Dix, providing information on her strict upbringing, her years as a teacher, her work as a Civil War nurse, and her efforts as a lobbyist in Congress.

A biography of the wife of the sixteenth president of the United States, discussing her upbringing, marriage, her role in Lincoln's political career, and the tragedies that marred her life.

Describes the experiences of some of those who lived through the Civil War. Includes a story about Susie King Taylor.

Chronicles the author's account of nursing sick and wounded members of a Black regiment of Union soldiers during the American Civil War.

Recounts the story of the Canadian woman who disguised herself as a man and alipped behind Confederate lines to spy for the Union army.

Focuses on the roles women played in the Civil War, drawing from their own words as recorded in journals and diaries.

Details the lives of six women who served as spies for the Confederacy during the Civil War including Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Belle Boyd, Mary Surrat, Antonia Ford, and Charlotte and Virginia Moon.

Offers a brief overview of the life of Elizabeth Van Lew, focusing on her work as a Union spy in the South during the Civil War.

Describes the lives and wartime exploits of six women who were spies during the Civil War. Includes Sarah Emma Edmonds, Belle Boyd, Pauline Cushman, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Belle Edmondson.

Examines the life of the woman who worked tirelessly to bring slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

Details the lives of six women who served as spies for the Union during the Civil War including Sarah Thompson, Elizabeth Van Lew, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, Harriet Tubman, Pauline Cushman, and Sarah Emma Edmonds.

Examines the life of this crusader and pioneering preacher who fought not only for the rights of slaves, but also for the rights of women.

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

Dr. Mary Walker served as a surgeon with the Union Army during the Civil War, and was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military award given by the U. S. government.

Please note that this book is a work of Fiction.

Nineteen-year-old Sarah masquerades as a man during the Civil War, serving as a nurse on the battlefield and a spy for the Union Army, escaping from the Confederates, and falling in love with one of her fellow soldiers. Based on the life of Sarah Emma Edmonds.

Discusses the life and work of Clara Barton, a nurse during the Civil War and founder of the American Red Cross.

Details the lives of six women who served as spies for the Union during the Civil War including Sarah Thompson, Elizabeth Van Lew, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, Harriet Tubman, Pauline Cushman, and Sarah Emma Edmonds.

Chronicles the life of social reformer Dorothea Dix, providing information on her strict upbringing, her years as a teacher, her work as a Civil War nurse, and her efforts as a lobbyist in Congress.