{"product_id":"9781574416510","title":"Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Liz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women, Texas State Historical Association, 2017.\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Ottis Locke Best Book from the East Texas Historical Association, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen in Civil War Texas\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book dedicated to the unique experiences of Texas women during this time. It connects Texas women’s lives to southern women’s history and shares the diversity of experiences of women in Texas during the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors explore Texas women and their vocal support for secession, coping with their husbands’ wartime absences, the importance of letter-writing, and how pro-Union sentiment caused serious difficulties for women. They also analyze the effects of ethnicity, focusing on African American, German, and Tejana women’s experiences. Finally, two essays examine the problem of refugee women in east Texas and the dangers facing western frontier women.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060512473328,"sku":"9781574416510","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781574416510_p0.jpg?v=1763798086","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781574416510","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}