Famous Women

Clara Barton

(1821-1912)

• Union Army Nurse
• She noticed hospitals had no medicine or bandages
• Started American Red Cross
• Wrote letters to get donations

Elizabeth Van Lew

(1818-1890)

• Opposed Slavery
• She was a spy for the Union
• Her family's servents would carry important information in hollow eggshells or inside shoe soles.

Mary Chestnut

(1823-1886)

• Wealthy South Craolinion
• Husband- Confederate General
• Kept a diary during the Civil War
• Her diary was a rich primary source for historians
• She wrote about the collapse of the Confederate gov't

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