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The 6th Conference on Women and the Civil War
| Location: | Virginia, United States |
| Conference Begins: | 2004-06-25 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2004-04-06 |
| Announcement ID: |
137936 |
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The 6th Conference on Women and the Civil War, co-sponsored by The Museum of the Confederacy, will be held in Richmond, Virgina from Friday June 25th to Sunday June 27th. Special behind the scenes workshops led by the curators of the collections of the MOC will be held on Friday. Saturday will feature presentations The Stories Behind the Socks: Women's Handiwork as Social and Political Expression,. History Done Her Wrong: The True Story of Mary Custis Lee, The Civil War Diary of a Good Woman: Mary Samuella Hart Curd,Listen Ladies One and All: Northern Soldiers Yearn for Their "Fair Cousins of the North." , Women on Trial: The Courts-Martial of Southern Women by the Union Army, The "Fairer" Sex of the 1860s: How Patriotic Women Raised Money in Support of the Union and others. Friday evening's entertainment will be the U.S. premier (Director's Cut) of "The Unsexing of Emma Edmonds," a documentary on the life and adventures of Sarah Emma Edmonds, alias Pvt. Franklin Thompson, 2nd Michigan Infantry. Sunday features a 4-hour Bus Tour of Civil War Richmond, focusing on sites relating to women both famous and infamous. Events will be held at the Crowne Plaza Richmond and the Museum of the Confederacy.
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