Author Question: What role did women play in the Civil War? What will be an ideal response? (Read 58 times)

ghost! · **on:** Sep 11, 2019

Question 1

The Chinese leadership was completely united in the decision to crush the demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in 1989.

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

What role did women play in the Civil War?

What will be an ideal response?

ttt030911 · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 11, 2019

Answer 1

False

Answer 2

Most students will recognize that women played some role, though better students will put their activities in the context of a total war. Women were pressed into service as heads of households. They managed farms or businesses that were vital for war production. They worked in clerical capacities in the absence of men. Some served as nurses, spies, couriers, etc. The case of Lyons Wakeman represents an unusual example of women's participation in the war effort.