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The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868
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In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times best sellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, DC, and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women during this momentous period of American history.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, the small, social, Southern town of Washington, DC, found itself caught between warring sides in a four-year battle that would determine the future of the United States.
After the declaration of secession, many fascinating Southern women left the city, leaving their friends - such as Adele Cutts Douglas and Elizabeth Blair Lee - to grapple with questions of safety and sanitation as the capital was transformed into an immense Union army camp and later a hospital. With their husbands, brothers, and fathers marching off to war, either on the battlefield or in the halls of Congress, the women of Washington joined the cause as well. And more women went to the Capital City to enlist as nurses, supply organizers, relief workers, and journalists. Many risked their lives making munitions in a highly flammable arsenal; toiled at the Treasury Department, printing greenbacks to finance the war; and plied their needlework skills at the Navy Yard - once the sole province of men - to sew canvas gunpowder bags for the troops.
Cokie Roberts chronicles these women's increasing independence, their political empowerment, and their indispensable role in keeping the Union unified through the war and in helping heal it once the fighting was done. She concludes that the war not only changed Washington, but it also forever changed the place of women.
Sifting through newspaper articles, government records, and private letters and diaries - many never before published - Roberts brings the war-torn capital into focus through the lives of its formidable women.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-17-15
Awesome story
This is the People magazine of the Civil War, the story behind the headlines on how work really gets done. It give real context to historical dates. Fascinating read. Thank you.
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- Curtis Hauge
- 07-12-21
Cookie Robert's is great but...
The book is an overview of the perspectives of politician's wives pre, during, and post Civil War. Not nearly as compelling or interesting as I thought it would be.
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- Marianne Beckham
- 01-28-21
Capital Dames worth your time to download and listen.
Cokie Roberts reads well and backs up her stories with bona fide research. The stories of these highly influential women teaches a valuable lesson for all women, young and old. Yes you can make a difference. Whether that difference is good or bad is largely up to you and your choices. Ladies of Liberty is also worthy.
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- CozyWriter
- 08-02-16
Huzzah and illuminations!
This is one of the best history books I've had the pleasure to read. A Pleasure because it is an extremely fascinating topic that one wouldn't have thought of an important part of the history of the American Civil War.
As it turns out, it is so essential to an understanding of the *real* behind the scenes operations of Washington politics that I'm surprised this shouldn't be required reading for students of the subject.
Having the author read the book is keen and essential: beyond her wonderful broadcast voice, Cokie Roberts knows where the inflection should be in the story, and inserts the audible "wink-wink-nudge-nudge" where needed in the story, without distracting the reader from the context.
And yes it is indeed a story first, and a history second. With so many characters to follow, it's difficult not to have a few favorites and follow them through the years.
The only glitch I found with the book was that in some sections she will jump back in time to catch us up on a particular character in such a way that one might feel as if something has happened to the recording and it's skipped around in chapters. No: it's a matter of going back a few years, and catching the reader/listener up with a particular character to the point where she is in the book at the time. But some listeners may find this a bit jarring.
But hang in there - that small bump is worth the treat of this exceptionally well-done book on a fascinating topic.
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- BJ Johnson
- 06-25-15
Wonderful snapshot of women in Washington
She speaks a little fast sometimes but the content is rich and entertaining. Highly recommend.
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- Laurie Allyn
- 07-08-20
Hard to stop listening.
It was wonderful to hear Cokies’s voice fill our minds with the details of the past. The women of the time she tells us of are true inspiration.
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- Jessica Weesner
- 04-22-15
Wonderful having Cokie Roberts reading her book
How can you go wrong with such a smart, interesting compilation of real life stories of women in Washington during the civil war. I read her other book about the women during the Revolutionary War so having this one read by the author was a extra special treat. I liked everything about it.
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- Michael R. Moore
- 03-11-22
Wonderful!
Have always enjoyed and learned so much from Cokie Roberts. Miss her wise words on issues facing us these days.
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- Jean
- 05-07-15
Enlightening
Roberts says she started writing the book in 2011 with the commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. She says she started to wonder what impact the Civil War had on women’s lives.
Roberts did extensive research including diaries, newspapers, government records and private correspondence. She narrowed her research to Washington D.C. and the women of the city.
As in other wars women took on new roles such as becoming nurses, forming social service and relief agencies. Some wrote propaganda, some even became spies. Women took on positions once held by men and black women founded societies to help the displaced slaves. The Civil War expanded the role of women in politics, health care, education and social services.
Roberts writes about the unknown and the known women such as Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress Elizabeth Kockley, abolitionist Josephine Griffing, Clara Barton, Sara Agnes Pryor and on the confederate side Varnia Davis wife of Jefferson Davis.
Cokie Roberts wrote a delightful tale that provided so much information, she also narrated the book.
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- PMK
- 06-27-18
Better than fiction
Well researched, well cited. Interesting stories of known and unknown women who made a difference
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