The silent service

Widows, orphans, and dependent mothers on the Northern home front

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ID16769396
AuthorsRyan W Keating (California State University, San Bernardino, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume22
Issue2
Pages197-218
Publication date2021-05-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Nineteenth Century History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1466-4658 • E-ISSN: 1743-7903
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14664658.2021.1974752
OpenAlexW3199877345
LanguageEN
References cited31

Union women shouldered a heavy burden during and after the Civil War. The far-reaching social and economic impacts of the war on the Union home front transformed, momentarily, gender roles, but Union victory ultimately overshadowed the suffering and sacrifice at home championing instead a narrative of patriotism and perseverance. Utilizing pension records, this article explores the impact of death on families at home. It expands our understanding of the far-reaching and, at times, devastating implications of the Civil War on those who remained at home while offering an important counterbalance to the much-heralded historical narrative of the public patriotism of northern women and the general stability of the northern home front

Front (military · Geography · Home front · Narrative · Patriotism · Political science · Politics · Sacrifice · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · United front · Victory · American History and Culture · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society

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