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Soap Suds Row : The Bold Lives of Army Laundresses, 1802-1876 by Jennie Lawrence (2016, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHIGH Plains Press
ISBN-10193714710X
ISBN-139781937147105
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038613584
Product Key Features
Publication Year2016
Book TitleSoap Suds Row : the Bold Lives of Army Laundresses, 1802-1876
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Cleaning, Caretaking & Organizing, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military
Number of Pages157 Pages
LanguageEnglish
IllustratorYes
GenreHouse & Home, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJennie Lawrence
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
LCCN2016-003856
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal355.3/41
SynopsisWomen have always followed the troops, but military laundresses were the first to be carried on the rolls of the U.S. Army. They traveled and lived alongside the soldiers during two of the most important conflicts in United States history: the Civil War and the war on the western frontier. A few laundresses made names for themselves. Laundresses who got written up in records, diaries, and newspapers were often involved in colorful or unfortunate circumstances. No, they were not all loose women. Some were; however, most were simply brave, adventurous, and unorthodox women. They marched with the army for hundreds of miles, carrying their babies and tugging small children behind them. Among the first non-native women on lonely frontier outposts, they waited in frightened huddles in camps and forts for their soldier-husbands to return from dangerous campaigns. Susie King Taylor, born a slave, taught both black children and soldiers to read and write between washing piles of laundry.
LC Classification NumberUB418.W65L348 2016
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- 19 Sep, 2024
It was very beat up, wrinkled, bent with...
It was very beat up, wrinkled, bent with a piece missing along bottom edge. Still readable but will not be passed on.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
