In honor of March being Women’s History Month, I thought I would highlight an interesting book I found in our genealogy collection at the Government & Heritage Library – North Carolina Women of the Confederacy as well as a few other resources.
Although women did not serve in the military, women had helped the cause, often taking control of the land in their husband’s absence. Many also filled the absence of men in industry and manufacturing as well. North Carolina Women of the Confederacy was originally published in 1926 and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Cape Fear Chapter received permission from the author’s heirs to reprint and update it. The book is a great resource about how women in North Carolina helped the Confederate cause and there are many cases to illustrate points throughout the book about specific women. For example, pages 71-73 give a story about Mrs. Eliza Hicks. She made clothing for soldiers who passed by the family plantation and her house became a courier station. The index in the back of the book is full of names of women who helped Confederacy.
Another resources is an article written by the North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial entitled The Home Front, which discusses women helped on the home front.
Image courtesy of NCDCR – Monument at the North Carolina State Capitol to Confederate Women in North Carolina
In 1914, North Carolina erected the monument above on the grounds of the State Capitol building in Raleigh, NC to acknowledge their part in the Civil War.
To find more resources for Women’s History Month, please visit the Government & Heritage Library’s page specifically created for this topic: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/themes/march.html
To few biographies of women from North Carolina, please visit NCpedia‘s page: http://ncpedia.org/biography/women
To learn about the education of women in North Carolina, please visit NCpedia‘s page: http://ncpedia.org/education-women
