Women's Relief Efforts
Description
Women were indispensable to the Union war effort in their work from the home front, as well as the care of wounded soldiers in hospitals. The reform movement inspired women to take a more active role in society, and when the Civil War started, they used what they learned from their activities in moral reform to organize relief efforts at home. Their work expanded into nursing, and many prominent women cared for sick and wounded soldiers. Read about the reform movement, home front support, nursing, and the women relief workers present in Fredericksburg and Belle Plain.