Title: Women in Civil War Texas : diversity and dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi /
Authors: Liles, Debbie M.,; Boswell, Angela, 1965-
Year: 2016
Subjects: Women Texas History; Women pioneers Texas.; Women; Women pioneers; Texas History; United States History Women.; Texas; United States
Abstract: "Women in Civil War Texas is the first book dedicated to the unique experiences of Texas women during this time. It connects Texas women's lives to southern women's history and shares the diversity of experiences of women in Texas during the Civil War. Contributors explore Texas women and their vocal support for secession, coping with their husbands' wartime absences, the importance of letter-writing, and how pro-Union sentiment caused serious difficulties for women. They also analyze the effects of ethnicity, focusing on African American, German, and Tejana women's experiences. Finally, two essays examine the problem of refugee women in east Texas and the dangers facing western frontier women"--Publisher's website.
Contents: "Everyone has the war fever": Anglo Texan women prepare for secession and war / Vicki Betts -- Caroline Sedberry, politician's wife: an ordinary woman in extraordinary times / Dorothy Ewing -- He said, she said: gendered correspondence among Texans / Beverly Rowe -- Finding joy through hard times: Texas women's recreation during the Civil War / Brittany Bounds -- Black Texas women and the freedom war / Bruce A. Glasrud -- Black women and Supreme Court decisions during the Civil War era / Linda S. Hudson -- Mexican-Texan women in the Civil War / Jerry Thompson and Elizabeth Mata -- Courage on a Texas frontier: German Texas Unionist women on the Civil War homefront / Judith Dykes-Hoffman -- "In favor of our fathers' country and government:" Unionist women in north Texas / Rebecca Sharpless -- "They call us all renegades in Tyler": elite refugee women in Civil War Texas / Candice N. Shockley -- Not your typical Southern belles: women on the western frontier of Texas / Deborah M. Liles.