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Hancock's letter to her mother surprised me because it was so different from the others to her cousin and sister. To her sister she wrote of all the suffering and terrible conditions the men faced. To her mother though she spoke of being "waited upon like a princess," that sleeps and eats well and that she loves what she is doing. Could it be that she didn't want to worry her mother? --Alex K. | Hancock's letter to her mother surprised me because it was so different from the others to her cousin and sister. To her sister she wrote of all the suffering and terrible conditions the men faced. To her mother though she spoke of being "waited upon like a princess," that sleeps and eats well and that she loves what she is doing. Could it be that she didn't want to worry her mother? --Alex K. | ||
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| + | Alex, you bring up an interesting point. I wonder how many female nurses truly felt unsafe, like Alcott, and how many of them would have been able to communicate their fears to friends and family without fearing objections and restrictions from people who still controlled their lives.I've read elsewhere similar comments to Daly's attacks on Southern white women, and I'm frequently left wondering if Southern white women were truly that awful, or if it was a propaganda tool.--A. Meyer | ||
I found Ella Gertrude's comments to Sherman's wife really harsh. It reminded me of cady high school girls when she was purposely trying to make his wife feel bad by telling her of the Mulatto girl he had been seen with (insinuating an affair). --Alex K. | I found Ella Gertrude's comments to Sherman's wife really harsh. It reminded me of cady high school girls when she was purposely trying to make his wife feel bad by telling her of the Mulatto girl he had been seen with (insinuating an affair). --Alex K. | ||
