Many women took over running the farms and businesses. Some volunteered to nurse at hospitals.
The status of women before the US Civil War was the same as after the war. Women were home makers, houswifes and basically ignored. Although many women did notable things in the US Civil War,they still did not get the right to vote as citizens of their country until well into the 20th century. The USA treated their women shamefully.
Ordinary women on both sides of the US Civil War had a number of new career opportunities. Among them was the chance to become postal workers. Previously this civil service career ladder for women was dominated by men. Women continued to work in the post offices after the war.
For the most part in the US, the Civil War saw how Northern women could help the war effort. The amount of sewing, for example, to furnish Union uniforms was vital. The War Board enhanced the sewing machine which were used by female workers.
Large numbers of immigrants fought in the Civil War, particularly the Irish.
Anytime a nation is fighting itself (normally WITHOUT outside help) it is generally considered a civil war. The US Civil War (1861-1865) was also called the US War of Rebellion. Which is why the Southerners in the US Civil War were called "Rebels."
Slaves and women had the right to vote.
No, it help stop slavery and unite the United States of America
During the US Civil War, the women did what women through the ages have always done during times of war: stayed home and tended to the farms and work that their husbands had left in order to fight. the women still raised their children, oversaw the workings of the farmer household, and sometimes became involved in war efforts to help defend their own property.
Women didn't have the right to vote until 1920 and the passage of the 19 amendment, so no woman could vote in the 1860's.
*The civil war *The War between the States
The US was in the middle of its American Civil War (1861-1865).
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