Crusader and feminist [electronic resource] : letters of Jane Grey Swisshelm, 1858-1865 / edited with an introduction and notes by Arthur J. Larsen.

Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an antislavery advocate, newspaper editor, lecturer, crusader, feminist, and Civil War nurse. She edited two newspapers in Minnesota during the period 1858-1865, when these letters were written: first, the St. Cloud Visiter and, afterward, the St. Cloud Democrat....

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Online Access: Full Text (via HeinOnline)
Main Author: Swisshelm, Jane Grey, 1815-1884 (Author)
Other Authors: Larsen, Arthur J. (Editor)
Other title:HeinOnline women and the law.
HeinOnline military and government.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Saint Paul : The Minnesota Historical Society, 1934.
Series:Narratives and documents ; v. 2.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Central Minnesota in the fifties
  • 2. Through southern Minnesota by stage
  • The eve of the Civil War
  • 4. The first Minnesota
  • 5. Lecturing in 1862
  • 6. War-time Washington
  • 7. Echoes of the Sioux War
  • 8. A union meeting in Washington
  • 9. War gossip
  • 10. Hospital service
  • 11. Opinions and comments
  • 12. Red men and rebels
  • 13. The end of the war
  • 14. Women workers.