ePub Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam by J.L. Berggren in History

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The fascinating stories of the women who worked as spies; as daughters of the regiments; or who disguised themselves as male soldiers to play their heroic part in the Civil War. Historian Elizabeth Leonard has combed archives; memoirs; and histories to unearth the stories of the hidden and forgotten women who risked their lives for the blue or the gray. These women spied for their cause; remained on the front lines as daughters of the regiments; and even dressed as men and enlisted under aliases to take up arms and fight as soldiers. Here are the stories of Belle Boyd; a proud Confederate loyalist and key player in Stonewall Jackson's struggle to hold the Shenandoah Valley; army woman Annie Etheridge; whose four long years of courageous work on the field earned her a Kearney Cross for bravery; Sarah Emma Edmonds; who enlisted as "Franklin Thompson;" remained with her regiment as a much-respected soldier for two years; fighting at Fredricksburg and elsewhere; and many other courageous women. Leonard investigates why these women chose unconventional ways to help their cause. In doing so; she gives us a striking portrait of the lives women led in the nineteenth century and of their ability to break through the traditional barriers of Victorian womanhood.