EDMES Grade Five Learning Tree

The American Civil War

People Who Made a Difference

The Women Who Made a Difference

The Civil War was not only fought by soldiers of the North and South.  Many women took an active role in securing their freedom, in the progress of the womens' movement, and on the battlefields as nurses and doctors.

Please look through the pages that follow to learn more about these brave women of the 1800s.

This is Clara Barton. a woman who not only nursed soldiers on the battlefield, but started the American Red Cross and opened the first free public school in her state.

  Meet Sojourner Truth, the first black woman to speak out against slavery.  A southern slave, she was traded among several families before gaining her freedom.

Harriet Tubman may be the most well known of the women of her time.  Visit her page to learn about the power of determination. 

Our final page on women looks at the variety of women who worked as spies and doctors in their efforts toward doing their part in the Civil War. 

This page last updated:11/13/2004