Hi,
 
I hope this is of interest to the list.  I plan to attend this conference
both as a historian and  a living history reenactor.  I hope that some on
this list would be interested in contributing re: the role of alcohol use
and the temperance movement in the lives of Southern women during this period.
 
Thanks,
 
Dana White
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>CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND THE CIVIL WAR
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>A major Conference on Women and the Civil War will be held in June 1997.  Now
>in its early planning stage, the conference project has been undertaken under
>the auspices of the MINERVA Center, which is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit
>educational foundation.  The co-administrators of the Conference are Eileen
>Conklin and Betsy Estilow.
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>The first meeting of the conference advisory committee met in Winchester,
>Virginia on November 11-12 1995 to define the scope of the conference and
>create a timetable for activities. The members of the advisory committee are:
>DeAnn Blanton, Military Archivist and Historian
>Jeanne Christie, Ph.D. candidate, University of Connecticut
>Eileen Conklin, Historian and Author (Women of Gettysburg)
>Linda Grant De Pauw, Professor, George Washington University; President, The
>MINERVA Center
>Linda Duffy, Lecturer and Historian
>Betsy Estilow, Associate Professor, Hood College
>Juanita Leisch, Historian and Author (Introduction to Civil War Civilians)
>Marie Melchiori, Certified Genealogical Record Specialist and Certified
>Genealogical Lecturer
>Elsa Schemmer, Park Ranger and Historian
>
>The committee will work with the co-administrators to seek endorsement from
>organizations supportive of scholarship on women and the war and will begin
>fundraising to underwrite expenses. Anyone interested in assisting these
>efforts should contact the conference co-administrators at the address given
>below.  In February 1996, after planning is a bit further advanced, a
>detailed flyer will be distributed.  The call for papers will be issued in
>April with proposals due September 1, 1996.  Registration packets will go out
>in January 1997.
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>Among possible topics for presentations are:
>Homefront & "Domestic Warriors"
>Nursing & Medical Care
>Women with the Military
>Soldiers, Spies, Scouts, Smugglers
>Campfollowers
>Political Influences
>Religion & Spiritualism
>African American Experiences
>Invasion & Refugees
>Imprisonment & Exile
>Researching Women's Roles
>Networking with other researchers
>
>All presentations will be based on original research in primary sources, and
>both academics and independent scholars will be invited to submit proposals.
>
>If you would like to be placed on the mailing list to receive material from
>the Conference organizers as it becomes available, please copy, fill out, and
>return the form below.
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>E-mail address___________________________________________
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>_____ I am interested in submiting a paper (for consideration as a conference
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>______ I am interested in attending
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>Here are topics I'd be especilly interested
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