Stephanie McCurry es una historiadora preeminente especializada en el sur de Estados Unidos durante el tumultuoso siglo XIX, con un énfasis particular en la era de la Guerra Civil. Su trabajo académico investiga profundamente las intrincadas historias de mujeres y género, ofreciendo profundas perspectivas sobre sus roles y experiencias. La rigurosa investigación y el enfoque analítico de McCurry iluminan los complejos paisajes sociales y políticos del pasado, haciendo que sus contribuciones sean esenciales para comprender este período crucial de la historia estadounidense.
The attempt to repress a majority of its own population backfired on the Confederate States of America as the disenfranchised demanded to be counted and considered in the great struggle over slavery, emancipation, democracy, and nationhood. This title presents the story of this epic political battle.
The Civil War is remembered as a war of brother against brother, with women standing innocently on the sidelines. But battlefield realities soon challenged this simplistic understanding of women's place in war. Stephanie McCurry shows that women were indispensable to the unfolding of the Civil War, as they have been-and continue to be-in all wars.