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I really liked the quote "the women had enlisted in the war". '''While most women were not in battle or even serving as nurses, the Civil War changed their lives. They had to take on completely new responsiblities. I wonder if the women knew how much their lives would be changed by the war.''' I think they were caught up in the glory of the war. I bet if they knew how much their life would change, or in the instance of southern women that the war would be in their backyard, they would not have pushed the men to fight. I don't think that they realized what they were getting themselves into at all. -Katelyn Lease | I really liked the quote "the women had enlisted in the war". '''While most women were not in battle or even serving as nurses, the Civil War changed their lives. They had to take on completely new responsiblities. I wonder if the women knew how much their lives would be changed by the war.''' I think they were caught up in the glory of the war. I bet if they knew how much their life would change, or in the instance of southern women that the war would be in their backyard, they would not have pushed the men to fight. I don't think that they realized what they were getting themselves into at all. -Katelyn Lease | ||
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| + | I agree a lot with Katelyn. I wonder if women had any idea of what was in store for them over the next four years as they encouraged their husbands, brothers, and sweethearts to go off and fight and enlist. I definitely agree that they (and I think everybody) was caught up in the "glory" of the war and maybe even romanticized it some- as in the accounts of families and men and women taking picnic baskets and going to watch the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. I don't think they had any idea of how long the war would last nor how many lives would be lost. I thought it was really interesting how we talked in class of the men now being pressured to conform to the "ideal" expectations of manhood and masculinity- it is as if it is a complete turn around from the women being pressured. -Allison Godart | ||
In Modern Problems, Mary Livermore spoke of the work of women. She set a strong and emotional tone that women set forth in the war. I think she was saying that the men in the war were given hope through the inspiring women and “ministering angels.” She also compares women’s “relief societies” to regiments in the war. -Marsha | In Modern Problems, Mary Livermore spoke of the work of women. She set a strong and emotional tone that women set forth in the war. I think she was saying that the men in the war were given hope through the inspiring women and “ministering angels.” She also compares women’s “relief societies” to regiments in the war. -Marsha | ||
