About victorianera marriage expectations and civil war brothels. My name is cheryl williams, and im portraying today at the reenactment what it would have been like to have been a victorian prostitute. At the time of the american civil war, which was at the midsmack victorian period, there were very, very few choices for women. Women were in essence supposed possible 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. Now, 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 betwee
Every july for the past 25 years, the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee has hosted a civil war battle reenactment at history village depicting camp life. Next, we talk to reenactor is about Victorian Era marriage expectations and civil war brothels. My name is Cheryl Williams and i am portraying today at the reenactment, what it would have been like to be a victorian prostitute. At the time of the American Civil War which was smack in the middle of Victorian Era, there were very few choices for women. Women were, in essence, supposed to be the pillar of the household. The center of the family. Were talking about middle class women. Without any means of support, you have a few choices. You could be domestic servant, or you could work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood. All of a sudden, middle class women did not really have any means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north because the war was fought mainly in the south. These wo
I basically consider myself a amateur military historian. I do various impressions and this impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Now some would say we couldnt have done it by sur selves but the point is that people ask me why do i do this impression and i think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front, okay. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. Now, for example, what i normally do is on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine, dated may of 1944. The first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being the significance of that is that of course one month later we had dday. And the point the relationship of the sovi
19 10. They won the first Basketball Championship in 1957 with an undefeated season. North carolina wins the championship. Seven championships. 18 acc championships, coaches of the year, olympians, and a lot of great nba players have come out of the nba. 52 tar heel players have been drafted. Go, heels you are standing in the Carolina Basketball Museum in the building immediately adjacent to where the carolina Mens Basketball Team plays its games. The purpose is to tell the story of carolina basketball. Dean smith, our legendary hall of fame basketball coach, has donated his entire collection of basketball memorabilia to the university. This Basketball Museum is sort of the one place that houses that history. We decided we wanted to start off with how the uniforms have evolved through the years. One thing people get a kick out of is the number 10 jersey, the National Player of the year in 1957, lenny rosenbloom. When we won the championship. People are stunned to see there is red in th
About Victorian Era marriage expectations and civil war brothels. My name is Cheryl Williams and i am portraying the reenactment, what it would have been like to be a victorian prostitute. The American Civil War was in the smack middle of the Victorian Era. Women were either supposed to be the pillar of the household, the center of the family we are talking about middleclass women. Without any means of support, you had few choices. You could get domestic servant, a laundress, or work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood. All of a sudden, middleclass women had no means of support. South this more in the than in the north. So the women would become prostitutes. It was not their first choice, but between that and starvation, they did it. Had a time, prostitutes place in society. It was considered ill bred, in poor taste, for middleclass men to visit their carnal lust on their wives. So respectable women, while they may not like it, understood thats wh