Ending the civil war. The series has argued objects have the power to convey a story ofnarrative, the the civil war in our case. On the looking back books that inspired this series, are there objects or documents that you wish we had been able to include . Mr. Holzer from the book . I think we covered it well in terms of diversifying choices. Where thef regrets handwritten diaries of george templeton, one of the great diaries except it is written in such tiny hand. Know you feel, i the same way, from the theopolitan fair, Historical Society has a record and photographs. We will do it in the next eight episodes. And release from Abraham Lincoln. Long before computerized lincoln seems, able to comprehend and analyze the most fragmented early voting trends. You write lincoln had been a serious student of voting trends since his day as a poll watcher in illinois. Political,redictions statistical . Or instinctive . Above. Zer all of the he was a remarkable and localized analyst. He used to
Choices for women. Women were in essence supposed to be the pillar of the household, the center of the family. Were talking about middleclass women. So without any means of support, you had very few choices. You could be a domestic servant. You could be a laundress, or you could work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood, meaning that all of a sudden, middleclass women didnt really have any visible means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north, because the war was fought mainly in the south. So these women would become prostitutes. It was not an attractive choice. It was certainly not their first choice, but between that and starvati starvation, thats what they did. Now at the time of the victorian era, prostitutes actually had their place in society. At that time, it was considered illbred, in poor taste, for middleclass men to visit their carnal lusts on their wiveser so respectful women, while they may not have liked it, under
Our next speaker will be speaking on the battle of Wilsons Creek. That is kristen pawlak. In 2014 she graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor of arts degrees in civil war studies. She has worked for the misery Civil War Museum in st. Louis, the American Battlefield trust, and the Gettysburg College special collections. She currently serves on the board of directors for the marine scholarship foundation. She is working on her first book in the emerging civil war series on the battle of wills and creek. Please join me wilson creek. Please join me in welcoming kristen pawlak. All right. Thank you to all of you. Thank you to emerging civil war. It is such an honor to speak to you all about the battle of Wilsons Creek which was fought in 1861 in a corner of southeastern southwestern missouri, my home state. The subtitle of this presentation is called this means war i want to start off, kind of setting the stage and also talking a little bit about what we mean by this means war. I
Reenactment what it wouldve been like to be a victorian prostitute. At the time of the american civil war, there were few choices for women. Women were in essence supposed to be the pillar of the household, the center of the family. We are talking about middleclass women. You had few choices. You could be a domestic servant. A laundress. Or you could work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood. All of a sudden, middleclass women did not have any visible means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north of the war was fought mainly in the south. Women would become prostitutes. It was not an attractive choice. It was not their first choice. The train that and starvation, that is what they did. At the time of the victorian era, prostitutes had a place in society. It was considered in poor taste for middleclass men to visit their carnal lust on their wives so respectable women, wide while they may not have liked it, understood that that i
War blog. Its an hour. Our next speaker will be speaking on the battle of Wilsons Creek. Shes a native of missouri and specializes in the trans mississippi west. Kristen received her master of arts from Webster University in Nonprofit Leadership in may of 2018. Previously she has worked for the Missouri Civil War Museum in st. Louis and the Gettysburg College special collections. Kristen is working on her first book as part of the emerging civil war series. Please join me in welcoming kristen pollack. [ applause ] all right. First of all, thank you to everyone here. Thank you to emerging civil war for having me out this evening. This is an honor to be able to speak to you all about the battle of Wilsons Creek which was fought on august the 10 sou of missouri, which is my native state. Tonights presentation is actually entitled this means war, the forgotten battle of Wilsons Creek. I want to start off kind of setting the stage and also talking a little bit about what we mean by this mea