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Capital dames : the Civil War and the women of Washington, 1848-1868 /

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With the outbreak of the Civil War, the small, social Southern town of Washington, D.C. found itself caught between warring sides in a four-year battle that would determine the future of the United States. After the declaration of secession, many fascinating Southern women left the city, leaving the...

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Main Author: Roberts, Cokie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women.
Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Women > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Politicians' spouses > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Women > Political activity > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > 1815-1861 > Biography.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Biography.
Women > United States > History > 19th century.
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
Politicians' spouses.
Women.
Women > Political activity.
United States.
Washington (D.C.)
1800 - 1899
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Meet the women of Washington, 1848-1856
  • Jessie runs for president but Harriet takes the White House and Mary Jane reports, 1856-1858
  • Varina leads and leaves as Abby drops by, 1859-1861
  • Rose goes to jail, Jessie goes to the White House, Dorothea goes to work, 1861
  • Rose is released, Clara goes to war, Louisa May briefly nurses, 1862
  • Lizzie reports on the action, Janet goes to camp, Louisa takes charge, 1863
  • Anna speaks, Jessie campaigns (again), Sojourner visits, 1864
  • One Mary leaves, one Mary hangs, and Lois writes about it all, 1865
  • Virginia and Varina return, Sara survives, Mary is humiliated, Kate loses, 1866-1868.