Society for Women and the Civil War
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| Society for Women and the Civil War, Inc. Box #9066 8345 NW 66th St. Miami, FL 33166 (804) 244-1864 www.swcw.org |
| 1999 Conference The Society has held conferences highlighting the Women's Role during the Civil War for nearly 10 years. Here are some of the conferences and their presentations. June 26-28 1998. The Conference participants enjoyed the facilities of Shenandoah University in historic Winchester, VA. |
Friday, June 25
Walking Tour of Downtown Winchester, VA
Saturday, June 26
"Camp Followers: Prostitute and Other Fascinating Women" by Bev Lowry
"Who is to Measure Your Ability?: Women and the Christian Commission" by Daniel Hoisington
"The Lives of the General's Wives (or if the Army Wanted You to Have a Wife They Would Have Issued One with Your
Rifle" by Susan Youhn
"African-American Women and Relations with "the State" in Civil War Virginia" by Michelle Krowl
"A Divided Family in Occupied Memphis" by Autumn Stanley
"Compassion in the Civil War - the Role of the Daughters of Charity" by Sister Betty Ann McNeil
"Miss Major Pauline Cushman" by Bill Christen
"I am Thankful to be Strong Enough to Help.' Jewish Women of Richmond" by Jeanne Christie
Sunday, June 27
"Exile to Sweet Dixie: Euphemia Goldsborough, Confederate Nurse and Smuggler" by Eileen Conklin
"Confederate Widowhood in Virginia" by Jennifer Gross
"Rachel Weeping for Her Children: Women and Rituals of Mourning during the American Civil War"
by Karen Rae Mehaffey
Walking Tour of Downtown Winchester, VA
Saturday, June 26
"Camp Followers: Prostitute and Other Fascinating Women" by Bev Lowry
"Who is to Measure Your Ability?: Women and the Christian Commission" by Daniel Hoisington
"The Lives of the General's Wives (or if the Army Wanted You to Have a Wife They Would Have Issued One with Your
Rifle" by Susan Youhn
"African-American Women and Relations with "the State" in Civil War Virginia" by Michelle Krowl
"A Divided Family in Occupied Memphis" by Autumn Stanley
"Compassion in the Civil War - the Role of the Daughters of Charity" by Sister Betty Ann McNeil
"Miss Major Pauline Cushman" by Bill Christen
"I am Thankful to be Strong Enough to Help.' Jewish Women of Richmond" by Jeanne Christie
Sunday, June 27
"Exile to Sweet Dixie: Euphemia Goldsborough, Confederate Nurse and Smuggler" by Eileen Conklin
"Confederate Widowhood in Virginia" by Jennifer Gross
"Rachel Weeping for Her Children: Women and Rituals of Mourning during the American Civil War"
by Karen Rae Mehaffey