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In Service to the Fifth Wheel: Katharine Prescott Wormeley and Her Experiences in the United States Sanitary Commission

In Service to the Fifth Wheel: Katharine Prescott Wormeley and Her Experiences in the United... In Service to the Fifth Wheel Katharine Prescott Wormeley and Her Experiences in the United States Sanitary Commission JUDITH ANN G I BSBERG History Department Boston College In recent years, a flurry of studies on the Civil War have begun to uncover the largely hidden history of women's participation in the war at all levels. In so doing, these studies are forcing historians to reconsider accepted notions of rigid Victorian gender relations. Though historians have long noted women's work in supplying the troops and protecting the homefront during wartime, recent literature has focused on women in less traditional roles. The work of rediscovering forgotten people and their stories is vital to understanding a war that effected all Americans. What is perhaps more significant about this current scholarship, however, is that it is r<;:consider­ ing narratives-both old and new, traditional and nontraditional-for what they might reveal about the relationships between men and women. For some time, for instance, we knew that it was not uncommon for women to pose as men and fight on the battlefields. In addition, we had evidence of at least one prominent former Confederate's attempt to dis­ guise himself as a woman to avoid arrest by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nursing History Review Springer Publishing

In Service to the Fifth Wheel: Katharine Prescott Wormeley and Her Experiences in the United States Sanitary Commission

Nursing History Review , Volume 3 (1): 11 – Jan 1, 1995

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Springer Publishing
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1062-8061
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1938-1913
DOI
10.1891/1062-8061.3.1.43
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In Service to the Fifth Wheel Katharine Prescott Wormeley and Her Experiences in the United States Sanitary Commission JUDITH ANN G I BSBERG History Department Boston College In recent years, a flurry of studies on the Civil War have begun to uncover the largely hidden history of women's participation in the war at all levels. In so doing, these studies are forcing historians to reconsider accepted notions of rigid Victorian gender relations. Though historians have long noted women's work in supplying the troops and protecting the homefront during wartime, recent literature has focused on women in less traditional roles. The work of rediscovering forgotten people and their stories is vital to understanding a war that effected all Americans. What is perhaps more significant about this current scholarship, however, is that it is r<;:consider­ ing narratives-both old and new, traditional and nontraditional-for what they might reveal about the relationships between men and women. For some time, for instance, we knew that it was not uncommon for women to pose as men and fight on the battlefields. In addition, we had evidence of at least one prominent former Confederate's attempt to dis­ guise himself as a woman to avoid arrest by

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Nursing History ReviewSpringer Publishing

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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