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02760aam a2200385 i 4500 001 AE485C624FFD11E78A662EE1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170613010059 008 151119s2016 iluab j b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2015045158 020 $a 1613732007 (cloth) 020 $a 9781613732007 (cloth) 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E628 $b .C67 2016 082 00 $a 973.7082 $2 23 100 1 $a Cordell, M. R. $q (Melinda R.), $e author. 245 10 $a Courageous women of the Civil War : $b soldiers, spies, medics, and more / $c M.R. Cordell. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Chicago, Illinois : $b Chicago Review Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xxiii, 230 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Women of action. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references(pages 213-222) and index. 505 0 $a Part I. Soldiers -- Sarah Emma Edmonds: Soldier, nurse, spy -- Frances Elizabeth Quinn: "Hurrah for God's country!" -- Mary Ann Clark: "A good Rebel soldier" -- Frances Louisa Clayton: A rough Northern soldier -- Maria Lewis: "She rode in the front ranks" -- Part II. Spies -- Harriet Tubman: Moses' great Combahee Raid -- Mary Carroll: A Missouri Rebel -- Loreta Janeta Velazquez: The Confederate lioness -- Mary Jane Richards: Spy in the Confederate White House -- Part III. Nurses -- Georgeanna Woolsey: "Changed by this contact with terror" -- Susie King Taylor: A young nurse in the "First South" -- Harriet Ann Jacobs: "She did her own thinking" -- Cornelia Hancock: Battlefield angel -- Part IV. VivandieÌres -- Marie Tepe: "French Mary" -- Kady Brownell: Heroine of New Bern -- Annie Lorinda Etheridge: "This is my place". 520 $a "At the outbreak of the Civil War, nearly everybody was caught up in patriotic fervor--men and women, Union and Confederate. Many women supported soldiers through knitting and sewing needed items, growing food, making bandages, gathering medical supplies, and more. But others wished they could be closer to the fight. These women defied society's expectations and bravely chose to take on more dangerous, unconventional roles. [This book] reveals the exploits of 16 of these remarkable women who served as medics, spies, battlefield helpers, and even soldiers on the front lines"--Dust jacket flap. 521 $a Grades 7-9. 651 0 $a United States $x Women. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Women. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Biography. 830 0 $a Women of action (Chicago, Ill.) 941 $a 3 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722054113.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006100446.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20170613010306.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AE485C624FFD11E78A662EE1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search