Conference on Women and the Civil War
An organization and an annual conference dedicated to the study of women's efforts, 1861-1865. Both Confederate and Union women are covered; women on the home front, women in support roles, and women who fought are included. Professional and amateur historians, students and reenactors will find much here that is useful.
About the Organization
Find information on the directors and advisory board of the organization that sponsors this annual conference.
Find information on the directors and advisory board of the organization that sponsors this annual conference.
Email Discussion Group
For an interactive discussion about women and the Civil War, you can subscribe to this email list. Note that, as with any email forum, you should listen for several days to a week to get some sense of the culture of the list, and read information that any email list provides, before posting your first comments or questions.
For an interactive discussion about women and the Civil War, you can subscribe to this email list. Note that, as with any email forum, you should listen for several days to a week to get some sense of the culture of the list, and read information that any email list provides, before posting your first comments or questions.
Bibliography
The Women and the Civil War organization recommends a series of books about women's roles in the Civil War.
The Women and the Civil War organization recommends a series of books about women's roles in the Civil War.
2004: 6th Conference
Held in Richmond, Virginia, the Conference on Women and the Civil War returned after a two-year hiatus. Workshops and tours are listed on this page.
Held in Richmond, Virginia, the Conference on Women and the Civil War returned after a two-year hiatus. Workshops and tours are listed on this page.
2001: 5th Annual Conference
Information about the 2001 conference. Details about topics and speakers are also included.
Information about the 2001 conference. Details about topics and speakers are also included.
2000: 4th Annual Conference
Find information on workshops and tours, topics and speakers from a past conference of this organization. Topics included Mary Surratt, Yankee women teaching former slaves during the war and Reconstruction, the Richmond bread riot, the correspondence of women with the men of the U.S. Colored Troops, and more. Also a picture gallery.
Find information on workshops and tours, topics and speakers from a past conference of this organization. Topics included Mary Surratt, Yankee women teaching former slaves during the war and Reconstruction, the Richmond bread riot, the correspondence of women with the men of the U.S. Colored Troops, and more. Also a picture gallery.
1999: 3rd Annual Conference
Read about workshops, a walking tour, topics and speakers from the 1999 workshop. Topics included camp followers, the Christian Commission, Pauline Cushman, Jewish women of Richmond, African American women, and more.
Read about workshops, a walking tour, topics and speakers from the 1999 workshop. Topics included camp followers, the Christian Commission, Pauline Cushman, Jewish women of Richmond, African American women, and more.
1998: 2nd Annual Conference
Find a list of topics and speakers from 1998. In 1998, topics included women of Kentucky and Tennessee, women lighthouse keepers, war relief efforts and correspondence of a Catholic sister serving as a nurse in a Confederate hospital.
Find a list of topics and speakers from 1998. In 1998, topics included women of Kentucky and Tennessee, women lighthouse keepers, war relief efforts and correspondence of a Catholic sister serving as a nurse in a Confederate hospital.
1997: First Conference
Find a list of the topics and speakers from the first conference of Women and the Civil War. Tpics included women's homefront war service, nurses, female soldiers, and women who served time at City Point Prison, Virginia.
Find a list of the topics and speakers from the first conference of Women and the Civil War. Tpics included women's homefront war service, nurses, female soldiers, and women who served time at City Point Prison, Virginia.