Women in the Civil War

Improved the conditions for mentally ill soldiers

• Clara Barton

• Dorothea Dix

Served as a nurse and later wrote Hospital Sketches, which provided insight into the experiences of wartime nurses

• Clara Barton

• Louis May Alcott

Disguised myself as a man to fight in the war

• Sarah Edmonds

• Belle Boyd

The "Angel of the Battlefield"

• Clara Barton

• Dorothea Dix

The only woman to receive the Medal of Honor for her service as a battlefield surgeon

• Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

• Harriet Tubman

A confederate spy who provided valuable information to the South

• Clara Barton

• Belle Boyd

Delivered medical supplies to soldiers on the front lines

• Sarah Edmonds

• Clara Barton

Founded the American Red Cross after the war

• Clara Barton

• Dorothea Dix

Advocated for higher standards of medical care

• Dorothea Dix

• Louis May Alcott

Served as a spy, scout, and nurse for the Union Army, using her experience as an abolitionist to guide escaped slaves to freedom

• Belle Boyd

• Harriet Tubman