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Women in the Civil War (Southern Women (Stories of girls in Texas who…

- - - - Confederate women were worried about being stuck at home with the slaves. Surprisingly, less were worried about being attacked or raped than were worried about their slaves leaving. They feared being stuck with the work of the slaves.
        
        Southern women before the war were also left at home alone with the slaves but the slaves were never on the verge of being freed like they were now.
        
        Many southern women sent petitions to the government asking for their husbands to return home.
        
        A lot of these Southern ladies had never done chores in their lives and were not able to 'get their hands dirty'
        
        Some Southern men wrote to their wives saying that they didn't want them working meanwhile, they didn't have many other options. It became common for women to be seen using plows in the fields.
        
        Some elite Southern ladies began socializing and taking advantage of entertainment. Some of them spent thousands of dollars as if they were ignoring the war and what it was going to mean for them. One case was Mrs. Robert Stannard who spent more than $30.000 on entertainment.
        
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- - - - Many women in urban areas protested the war and created riots.
        
        Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell spent her time tending to the sick.
        
        Female clerical workers were becoming abundant for their willingness to work and the fact that they were being paid less.
        
        Clara Barton realized the conditions in hospitals were very poor and she began efforts for collecting food for men during the war as well as better medical supplies for the injured. She went on to becoming the organizer of the American Red Cross. Barton was also fearless. In one story, the operating room she was working in was under fire and many of the men doctors fled but she stayed and tended to the injured.
- - - - The KKK continued to torture backs by attacking and raping women.
- - - - Some women enjoyed working for money while other despised it.
        
        Women started taking jobs as nurses and it became a more honorable profession than it was before. Women were much better caretakers and helped decrease the mortality rate of the injured.
        
        Many female nurses worked themselves into exhaustion. They were very hard workers.
        
        In a more realistic way, many women who did not become nurses, still aided in the collection of treats and goods that could be delivered to the soldiers.