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- catalog abstract ""Focusing on middle-class women's contributions to the northern Civil War effort, Patricia Richard shows how women utilized their power as moral agents to shape the way men survived the ravages of war. Busy Hands investigates domestic imagery found in white and African American women's war work and how women used images of family and domestic life in their relief efforts to counter the effects of prostitution, gambling, profanity, and drinking, which, they believed, threatened men's postwar civilian fitness."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13048645.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Focusing on middle-class women's contributions to the northern Civil War effort, Patricia Richard shows how women utilized their power as moral agents to shape the way men survived the ravages of war. Busy Hands investigates domestic imagery found in white and African American women's war work and how women used images of family and domestic life in their relief efforts to counter the effects of prostitution, gambling, profanity, and drinking, which, they believed, threatened men's postwar civilian fitness."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The Moral Source: The Family During the Civil War -- 2. Corruption Abounds: Reactions to the Soldier's Life -- 3. "In a Most Tangible Form": Northern Women Respond to the Nurturing Needs of the Civil War Soldier -- 4. "Listen Ladies One and All": Soldiers Search for the Comforts of Home Through Correspondence Ads -- 5. The Communal Contract: Northern Women Care for the Union Family Through Aid Societies -- 6. "The Kind Attentions of Woman": Female Nurses Bring Home to the Hospital -- 7. The Soldiers' Home and the Journey Homeward.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-323) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 335 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0823223000 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "The North's Civil War, 1089-8719 ; no. 26".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Fordham University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Northeastern States".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women.".
- catalog subject "973.7/082 22".
- catalog subject "Charities Northeastern States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Corruption History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "E628 .R53 2003".
- catalog subject "Families Northeastern States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Middle class women Northeastern States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Sex role Northeastern States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Military life History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Working class women Northeastern States History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Moral Source: The Family During the Civil War -- 2. Corruption Abounds: Reactions to the Soldier's Life -- 3. "In a Most Tangible Form": Northern Women Respond to the Nurturing Needs of the Civil War Soldier -- 4. "Listen Ladies One and All": Soldiers Search for the Comforts of Home Through Correspondence Ads -- 5. The Communal Contract: Northern Women Care for the Union Family Through Aid Societies -- 6. "The Kind Attentions of Woman": Female Nurses Bring Home to the Hospital -- 7. The Soldiers' Home and the Journey Homeward.".
- catalog title "Busy hands : images of the family in the northern Civil War effort / Patricia L. Richard.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".