women in the American Civil War – History in the Margins

Dr. Mary Walker–Two Ways

By Pamela | February 12, 2022 |

This is more of a public service announcement than a blog post. Women’s History Month is almost here and cool things are popping up in my in box that I am eager to share. For those of you who live in or near Hopewell, New Jersey, Independence: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker will…

How the United States Sanitary Commission Elbowed Women to One Side in the American Civil War

By Pamela | April 25, 2020 |

Last week, while writing about the use of hospital transport ships in the American Civil War, I promised to tell you the story of how a group of men hijacked Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell’s Women’s Central Association of Relief to form the United States Sanitary Commission. It is a story that will feel all too familiar…