After the war, Sarah Edmonds doffed her uniform and resumed life as a woman ... like other groups of women in the Civil War era, sought—and found—ways to increase their independence and ...

Here are some pioneering women who forever changed the modern military landscape: Private Cathay Williams, aka William Cathay Post-Civil War Born a ... wore the Zouave uniform and only two persons ...

The spirit of resistance demonstrated by the Atlanta washerwomen set a precedent for future labor movements. In 1866, just a ...

During the bloody years when the Civil ... the war. All were welcome to pay their respects to the father of the country, so long as their weapons were left behind and their uniforms were removed ...

After the war, Sarah Edmonds doffed her uniform and resumed life as a woman ... like other groups of women in the Civil War era, sought—and found—ways to increase their independence and ...