Women’s rights have always been an issue in America’s history. It has always been argued if women should have the same rights as men, or have the same treatment. Through prejudice and agony, women have tried to prove themselves to be as valuable as men. In the American Civil War, an important event in the history of the United States, women played a major role. During the American Civil War, women dedicated their time and effort to, not only take over the obligations at home, but also working as spies and even nurses.
Using Second to None: a Documentary History of American Women edited by Ruth Barnes Moynihan, Cynthia Russet, and Laurie Crumpacker, Civil War America: Voices from the Home Front by James Marten, and primary articles, this investigation will analyze how the women’s privileges changed Post-Civil War and whether they changed for their benefit or for their detriment.
