Way to talk about it because today is the anniversary of the firing of fort some tour. Everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become, and we have gone through a lot of that with the idea that African American men had fought for the union. White southerners had ideas about what america should be as well, the northerners who had won the war had ideas about what the americans should be. The indians and chinese who are out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern men who had fought and won the war had ideas about what the country should be. But the critical question as to what it was going to be, was who was going to have a say in it. And we have and gone through a bit of that. But who had a say in what the nation can view would have a dramatic effect on what eventually became. So, today i want to talk about women and womens lives in the late 19th century. And their role in what was really the reconstruction, the true rebuilding of
Online anytime at cspan. Org slash history. We lets go ahead and start. As you know the theme of this course comes from the idea that the civil war dramatically changes american history, because what it really does is it destroys everything that everyone believed about the relationship between america and the american government. So once the war is over and this isnt actually really good way to talk about it because today is the anniversary of the firing of fort some tour. Everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become, and we have gone through a lot of that with the idea that African American men had fought for the union. White southerners had ideas about what america should be as well, the northerners who had won the war had ideas about what the americans should be. The indians and chinese who are out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern men who had fought and won the war had ideas about what the country should be. But the
Way to talk about it because today is the anniversary of the firing of fort some tour. Everybody has different ideas about what the nation is supposed to become, and we have gone through a lot of that with the idea that African American men had fought for the union. White southerners had ideas about what america should be as well, the northerners who had won the war had ideas about what the americans should be. The indians and chinese who are out west had ideas about what america should be. And certainly the northern men who had fought and won the war had ideas about what the country should be. But the critical question as to what it was going to be, was who was going to have a say in it. And we have and gone through a bit of that. But who had a say in what the nation can view would have a dramatic effect on what eventually became. So, today i want to talk about women and womens lives in the late 19th century. And their role in what was really the reconstruction, the true rebuilding of