Dangerous Liaisons: Working Women and Sexual Justice in the American Civil War by E. Susan Barber, Charles F. Ritter

“…The American Civil War drew thousands of white and black women into paid and unpaid work for the Union and Confederate armies.  While the armies provided some women with a reliable income, their very proximity also represented a dangerous liaison that drew them into closer contact with Union troops that rendered them vulnerable to sexual assault.  …”
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