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 [log in to unmask] >Sender: Discussion of Women and the Military and Women in War > <[log in to unmask]> >From: Linda Grant De Pauw <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: FYI: Conference on Women and the Civil War >To: Multiple recipients of list MINERVA <[log in to unmask]> >Content-Length: 3549 > >PLEASE COPY AND FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL WHO MAY BE INTERESTED > > >CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND THE CIVIL WAR > >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. > >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. > >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. > >\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ >Return this form to >Conference on Women and the Civil War >Conklin & Estilow >12728 Martin Road >Smithsburg, MD 21873 > >Name____________________________________________ > >Address____________________________________________ > >City/State/Zip_________________________________________ > >E-mail address___________________________________________ > >_____ I am interested in submiting a paper (for consideration as a conference >presentation. > >______ I am interested in attending > >Here are topics I'd be especilly interested >in:_______________________________ > >____________________________________________________________________ > >\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >This message was forwarded by >Linda Grant De Pauw >President >The MINERVA Center, Inc. >20 Granada Road >Pasadena, MD 21122 >(410) 437-5379 >[log in to unmask] > > MINERVA "information and inspiration" > Women and War + Women and the Military >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >