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== Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, 1862-1863 == | == Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, 1862-1863 == | ||
| + | A Union Nurse, shows the experience of Louisa May Alcott as a nurse in the Union Hotel Hospital in Washington, D.C. One thing that stood out to me was Dorthea Dix’s call for women nurses. She was specific in that she was looking for “women between 30 and 50 years old, single, sober, hard-working, moral, and plain looking.” At first I thought that the age of 30 was a little old to be a cut off considering there must have been so many single, sober, hard-working, moral, and plain looking girls that were between 20 and 30 that would not have families to worry about so they would have the ability to become nurses. But then I realized that perhaps the act of being a young woman and working in close proximity with men would be considered immoral in and of itself. I am curious if they sent any women away because they were too good looking! –Erin Sanderson | ||
== Mary Livermore, [Northern women on farm during war], 1890 -- Woloch and Major Problems readings. == | == Mary Livermore, [Northern women on farm during war], 1890 -- Woloch and Major Problems readings. == | ||
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== Sarah and Lucy Chase, Teaching the Freedmen, 1866-1868 == | == Sarah and Lucy Chase, Teaching the Freedmen, 1866-1868 == | ||
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| + | I enjoyed reading Sarah Chase and Lucy Chase’s letters because I did a lot of research on the topic of white northern women going south to teach newly freed blacks for my second paper and I was able to draw parallels between the Chase sisters and Mary Ames (who I focused on for my paper). The Chase sisters were from a wealthy family Massachusetts, and had been against slavery since before the war began, and went to Savannah after the war ended as teachers. In the letters, I can tell that becoming teachers in the south was not just about teaching the basics of reading and writing but it was about teaching new ways of life. These teachers thought that it was their responsibility to show the newly freed blacks how to be religious, self-sufficient, and how to be good people (by their standards). I have no doubt that the teachers had the best intentions, but I wonder if these rich white women were setting unattainable expectations and standards on black families and what this meant for them. --Erin Sanderson | ||
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== Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, 1902 == | == Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, 1902 == | ||
