The Rise of “La Belle Rebelle”
By Melissa A. Winn The morning of July 4, 1861, “dawned brightly,” according to the postwar memoir of Maria Isabella “Belle” Boyd. However, this anniversary of the country’s independence was
Category: Women of War
“I Wear My Own Clothes”
By Melissa A. Winn Dr. Mary Edwards Walker is the only woman who has ever received the Medal of Honor. With more than 3,500 awarded for acts of valor, it’s
“The Wisconsin Angel”
By Melissa A. Winn Few people did so much for so many Wisconsin Civil War soldiers as Cordelia Harvey. In her brief time as the state’s first lady, she played
“Daughter of the Regiment”
By Melissa A. Winn While 19th century social conventions constrained many American women to the homefront or hospitals during the Civil War, French immigrant Marie Tepe would not be obliged.