Book Descriptions
for A Separate Battle by Ina Chang
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Women played an important part in the U.S. Civil War, serving such varied roles as volunteers and nurses, soldiers and spies in both the North and the South. Drawing on 19th century women's letters, diaries, speeches and essays, Ina Chang eloquently tells their stories, placing them within the historical context of the abolitionist movement and the struggle for women's rights. The handsome volume, generously illustrated with photographs and prints from the era, is exemplary nonfiction for young readers. (Age 9 and older)
CCBC Choices 1991. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1991. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
From slave women to abolitionists, fund raisers, spies, and even soldiers, courageous women such as Angelina Grimke, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Clara Barton played fascinating--and vital--roles in the Civil War. Drawing on diaries and letters and illustrated with vintage photographs. A Separate Battle reveals how women influenced the course of the Civil War--and transformed their own lives.
"I could work as much and eat as much as a man--when I could get it--and bear the lash as well. . . . And aren't I a woman?"--Sojourner Truth
An NCSS-CBS "Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.
An ALA Notable Book
"I could work as much and eat as much as a man--when I could get it--and bear the lash as well. . . . And aren't I a woman?"--Sojourner Truth
An NCSS-CBS "Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.
An ALA Notable Book
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