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1. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk › education › resourcesWomen and the English Civil Wars - The National Archives

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   Many women were the wives and mothers of soldiers, some of whom never returned from war, as well as carrying out other wartime activities such as nursing. Use the sources in this lesson to...

2. www.atlasobscura.com › english-civil-war-womenDuring the English Civil War, Women Fought, Spied, and ...

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   Jul 30, 2021 · A 17th-century recruitment pamphlet shows a woman encouraging her husband to fight, but growing evidence suggests some women also took up arms during the English Civil War.

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3. www.history.com › topics › american-civil-warWomen in the Civil War ‑ Role, Spies & Soldiers - HISTORY

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   Feb 5, 2010 · The American Civil War challenged the ideology of Victorian domesticity and prompted women on both sides to get involved as nurses, fundraisers and soldiers.

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5. www.battlefields.org › female-soldiers-civil-warFemale Soldiers in the Civil War - American Battlefield Trust

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   Jan 25, 2013 · The outbreak of the Civil War challenged traditional American notions of feminine submissiveness and domesticity with hundreds of examples of courage, diligence, and self-sacrifice in battle. The war was a formative moment in the early feminist movement.

6. blogs.loc.gov › 02 › women-soldiers-in-the-civil-warWomen Soldiers in the Civil War, Part 1: Going Behind the ...

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   Feb 19, 2013 · Women filled a variety of roles in the Civil War. In addition to women who served as spies, daughters of regiments, cooks, laundresses, and nurses, approximately 400 posed as male soldiers. So, who were these hundreds of women soldiers? Why did they join? And how did they manage to do it?

7. www.torch.ox.ac.uk › article › women-and-war-femaleWomen and War: Female Activism during the English Civil War

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   Aug 19, 2020 · Emma Turnbull’s KE project aimed to transform the way that historical women are represented in National Trust properties. She focused on three women: Katherine and Elizabeth Murray of Ham House in Richmond, and Lady Mary Bankes of Corfe Castle in Dorset.

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   How did the Civil War affect women?

   • How did these conflicts affect their lives? Historians have estimated that during the English Civil wars, 1642-1649 perhaps as many as 7% of the population died as a result of the fighting and from diseases spread by moving armies. People from all parts of society were impacted by these wars, and this included women.

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   How did war affect women?

   • People from all parts of society were impacted by these wars, and this included women. Many women were the wives and mothers of soldiers, some of whom never returned from war, as well as carrying out other wartime activities such as nursing.

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   Who were the women in the English Civil War?

   • Many women were the wives and mothers of soldiers, some of whom never returned from war, as well as carrying out other wartime activities such as nursing. Use the sources in this lesson to find out about the lives of these women during the English Civil Wars and focus on the different roles that they played.

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   What role did women play in the Civil War?

   • From ‘Trooper Jane’ to rock-throwing Lady Mary Bankes, women had more active roles than once acknowledged, say historians. Vintage engraving of a scene from the English Civil War: Men shoot their muskets through a window while the women reload the guns. duncan1890/Getty Images

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   How many women fought in the Civil War?

   • More than 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. During the Civil War, however, American women turned their attention to the world outside the home. Thousands of women in the North and South joined volunteer brigades and signed up to work as nurses.

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   Did women's roles change societal attitudes towards women during the Civil War?

   • The end of the war appears to mark a return to the status quo for women, including those who had fought and spied, but Stoyle believes women’s roles during the English Civil War may have helped shift societal attitudes towards women, at least a notch. “I think it sets some seeds in the wind that never really disappear,” he says.

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9. scholarworks.calstate.edu › downloads › ng451j18nFEMALE SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR: SHATTERING GENDER NORMS to ...

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   Few historians have investigated women who contributed to the Civil War by fighting as soldiers. It is estimated that between 250-500 women served as soldiers in the war, although the exact number cannot be known. Women joined the fight for a variety of reasons including patriotism, adventure, money, and love. They faced a daunting