Expansion, reform, and civil war, 1840-1865

What were some of the roles that Northern and Southern women filled during the Civil War? How did these roles support or undermine traditional gender expectations?

Civil War era women’s involvement in reform movements is debated.

This question is posed: Do you think women’s involvement in reform movements enhanced their role in public life? Why or why not?

Civil War 1840-1865 effects on women are explored.

This posting offers the most significant consequences of the Civil War for African-American, Native American women, and white women.

This posting addresses settlement houses.

How did settlement houses address the societal ills affecting women in the late nineteenth century? Why do you think these institutions remained segregated?

Life in the late 1800s for American women is explored.

Please explain how do you think it has been like to live on the frontier in the late 1800s Which one of those you would like to be farmwife, store owner, factory worker?