Women’s Women’s ContributionsContributions

to theto theCIVIL WARCIVIL WAR

By: Joe & ShaylaBy: Joe & Shayla

Contributors!Contributors!

Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe Clara BaronClara Baron Rose O’neal GreenhowRose O’neal Greenhow Lucretia MottLucretia Mott Susan King TaylorSusan King Taylor Disguised women soldiersDisguised women soldiers

Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman

Served as Union spyServed as Union spy

Served as an unpaid soldierServed as an unpaid soldier

Volunteer nurse and freedom fighterVolunteer nurse and freedom fighter

During the war, she earned the name During the war, she earned the name “General Tubman”“General Tubman”

Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe

Spoke against slavery in both Spoke against slavery in both America and EuropeAmerica and Europe

She published two anti-slavery She published two anti-slavery novels called novels called A Key To Uncle Tom’s A Key To Uncle Tom’s Cabin Cabin andand Dred Dred

Became one of America’s best-paid Became one of America’s best-paid and most famous writersand most famous writers

Clara BartonClara Barton

After the Battle of Bull Run, she After the Battle of Bull Run, she established an agency to obtain and established an agency to obtain and distribute supplies to wounded distribute supplies to wounded soldierssoldiers

July 1862, she obtained permission to July 1862, she obtained permission to travel behind the lines, eventually travel behind the lines, eventually reaching some of the grimmest reaching some of the grimmest battlefields of the warbattlefields of the war

Delivered aid to soldiers of both the Delivered aid to soldiers of both the North and SouthNorth and South

Rose O’Neal GreenhowRose O’Neal Greenhow

She was a Confederate SpyShe was a Confederate Spy

Was a leader in Washington societyWas a leader in Washington society

One of the most renowned spies in One of the most renowned spies in the Civil Warthe Civil War

Lucretia MottLucretia Mott

Political and social reformerPolitical and social reformer

Actively participated in many of the Actively participated in many of the reform movements of the day including reform movements of the day including abolition, temperance, and pacifism.abolition, temperance, and pacifism.

Inaugurated the woman suffrage Inaugurated the woman suffrage movementmovement

Susan King TaylorSusan King Taylor

Volunteered as nurse and launderer in Volunteered as nurse and launderer in Civil WarCivil War

Founder of American Red CrossFounder of American Red Cross Created the Boston Branch of the Created the Boston Branch of the

Women’s Relief Corps after the warWomen’s Relief Corps after the war Her memoirs published in 1902, and Her memoirs published in 1902, and

became the only written record of became the only written record of Black volunteer nurses in the Civil WarBlack volunteer nurses in the Civil War

Woman SoldiersWoman Soldiers

Some women disguised themselves Some women disguised themselves as men so they could be soldiers…as men so they could be soldiers…

Frances Clayton Sarah Edmonds Frances Clayton Sarah Edmonds SeelyeSeelye

Conclusion…• After this slideshow I realized that

women had a lot more to do with the Civil War than what most people think. Women are just as passionate about their country as men are and are willing to risk their lives to save it.

Sited WorkSited Work

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