Allegheny Arsenal Explosion
Civil War Women in the Arsenals On September 17, 1862, seventy-eight girls and young women were killed in an explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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Performing at Ford’s Theatre When Lincoln Was Shot Laura Keene was a British-American stage actress who became known was the first powerful female theater manager and is credited with establishing New...
View ArticleExile of the Roswell Mill Women
General Sherman Deported Women from the South In July 1864, approximately 400 mill workers in Georgia – nearly all women, were taken prisoner by the Union Army. They were then put on trains headed...
View ArticleMatrons in Civil War Hospitals
Civil War Women Working in Hospitals In Union hospitals, the term matron referred to the woman who had the responsibility of supervising the wards in general hospitals – large military facilities in...
View ArticleEmily Warren Roebling
The Woman Who Saved the Brooklyn Bridge Emily Warren Roebling (1843-1903) was married to Washington Roebling, who was Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge. After her husband was incapacitated by...
View ArticleWomen Working at the Treasury
Women at the U.S. Treasury Department Image: Lady Clerks Leaving the Treasury Department at Washington This illustration was published February 18, 1865, in Harper’s Weekly. During the Civil War, the...
View ArticlePhoebe Couzins
Phoebe Couzins: Pioneer Lawyer and Suffragist In the 1870s, Phoebe Couzins (1842-1913) became the third or fourth female lawyer in the United States and a popular public speaker in support of women’s...
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