Edited by Deborah M
Liles & Angela Boswell
Women in Civil War Texas is the first book dedicated
to the unique experiences of Texas women during this time. It connects Texas
women’s lives to southern women’s history and shares the diversity of
experiences of women in Texas during the Civil War.
Contributors explore Texas women and their vocal support for secession, coping
with their husbands’ wartime absences, the importance of letter-writing, and
how pro-Union sentiment caused serious difficulties for women. They also
analyze the effects of ethnicity, focusing on African American, German, and
Tejana women’s experiences. Finally, two essays examine the problem of refugee
women in east Texas and the dangers facing western frontier women.
About the Authors
DEBORAH M. LILES teaches history at the University of North
Texas and is the author of Will Rogers Coliseum and several journal
articles.
ANGELA BOSWELL is professor of history at Henderson State
University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and the author of Her Act and Deed:
Women’s Lives in a Rural Southern County, 1837-1873, which won the TSHA Liz
Carpenter Award.
ISBN 978-1574416510, University of North Texas Press, ©
2016, Hardcover, 336 Pages, Photographs & Illustrations, Maps, Endnotes at
the end of each essay, & Index. $29.95. To Purchase the book
click HERE.
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