"Courageous Women of the Civil War" Topic

". R. Cordell is among those modern writers who have recently issued books aimed at the teenage/young adult reader. She holds a master's degree in writing from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota and has numerous previous magazine articles to her credit. Cordell's first book, Courageous Women of the Civil War: Soldiers, Spies, Medics, and More, gives brief biographies and interesting sidebars on sixteen diverse, remarkable ladies — black and white, North and South, famous and not so well known. It is the latest installment in Chicago Review Press's "Women of Action" series.

Cordell has effectively used primary source documents, as well as period accounts of battles, events, and the sociopolitical climate to craft this well-written, fast-paced collection of individual stories, which she places in their proper historical context. She contrasts the individualism, motivation, initiative, and self-assurance of these carefully selected sixteen women with the stereotypical roles women traditionally played in society at the time. The result is not only a book which is sure to be popular among young history students, but is also satisfying for those older readers who want an easy-to-read, general overview of the subjects covered in Cordell's fine work…"

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