Woman S Work In The Civil War A Record Of Heroism Patriotism An

from weariness and illness to leave them, but her smiling, cheerful face reassured them. She and Miss Hall occupied for themselves and their stores, a double hospital tent, and...

Of those whom the first blast of the war trump roused and called to lives of patriotic devotion and philanthropic endeavor, some were led instinctively to associated labor, and...

When President Lincoln issued his proclamation, a quick thrill shot through the heart of every mother in New York. The Seventh Regiment left at once for the defense of Washingto...

No woman attached to a regiment, as _vivandiere_, _cantiniere_, or _fille du regiment_ (we use the French terms because we have no English ones which fully correspond to them),...

Mrs. Etheridge's goodness and purity of character--Her childhood and girlhood passed in Wisconsin--She marries there--Return of her father to Michigan--She visits him and while...

On the 12th of October, 1808, was born in the township of Union, Washington County, Ohio, Frances Dana Barker. Her father had, twenty years before that time, gone a pioneer to t...

At the opening of the late war, the subject of this sketch, Mrs. O. E. Hosmer, was residing with her family in Chicago, Illinois. Hers was by no means a vague patriotism that co...

Early life--Teaching--The Bordentown school--Obtains a situation in the Patent Office--Her readiness to help others--Her native genius for nursing--Removed from office in 1857--...

Among all the women who devoted themselves with untiring energy, and gave talents of the highest order to the work of caring for our soldiers during the war, the name of Dorothe...

Organization and officers of the Association--It becomes a branch of the United States Sanitary Commission--Its Registration Committee and their duties--The Selection and Prepar...

Mrs. Hosmer's residence at Chicago--Her two sons enter the army--She determines to go to the hospitals--Her first experiences in the hospitals at Tipton and Smithtown--The lack...

Childhood and youth of Mrs. Gage--Anti-slavery views inculcated by her parents and grand-parents--Her marriage--Her husband an earnest reformer--Her connection with the press--O...

Early history--Becomes interested in the condition of prison convicts-- Visit to Europe--Returns in 1837, and devotes herself to improving the condition of paupers, lunatics and...