JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
Welcome to ' Ladies Tea ', the forum here at CivilWarTalk for subjects pertaining to ladies of the era., of interest to ladies or gentlemen of any age in our era.
' Pertaining to ladies of the era ' is an awfully broad field, already encompassing biographies of notable women ( famous of no ) who served their causes or impacted them in some way as well as highlighting the stories of the wives, mothers, daughters and sisters who struggled to maintain order on the home front as their world crumbled into disorder and chaos as a result of their husbands, sons, fathers and brothers putting on a uniform. Some, or many, never came home, which is part of the shared struggle, too.
Ladies who ' served their cause' are here, female soldiers, vivandieres, nurses, a doctor here and there, female spies- all of the women won and lost much, their stories flat History now, breathtaking examples of determination to serve thier respective causes and not be left behind as this war exploded over a no-longer united, United States of America. An astonishing amount in this category can be found honored with memorials on the website Find A Grave. Here in Ladies Tea, we have a thread with a link to enable members to also honor these unique females of the Civil War era.
' Ladies Tea' brings to the mind's eye an image of our ancestors snatching a few civilized, social moments in the whirl, discussing the every day topics which made up their lives. Although of different classes and races, we women shared these treasured breaks in the day. Obviously some had far more ' spare' time than others, all would have indulged in some form of social intercourse with others of the same sex, just as obviously some of these topics would have had the common themes of home and children, domestic life. That which made up the world in which our ladies lived is included in Ladies Tea, from the clothes on their backs to the clocks on their walls to the quilts and sewing which marked some as extraordinary craftswomen- these are also some of the topics found here.
Famous names, or at least well-known intermingle with personal, ancestor stories. All are welcome, please! The stories of countless, unnamed people who did so much for their causes during those years have been lost. Sometimes it seems as if the famous names represent all of them, stand-ins for the hundreds whose stories will never be told. If anyone does know the story of their ancestor, it can only add to our understanding of womens' experience as a whole. What a long winded way to say we'd love to hear it!
There is always an on-going, active request for threads on any of these, and more. If the subject pertains in any fashion to one of our females of the Civil War era, please feel free to post a thread, add to our growing bank of knowledge.
' Pertaining to ladies of the era ' is an awfully broad field, already encompassing biographies of notable women ( famous of no ) who served their causes or impacted them in some way as well as highlighting the stories of the wives, mothers, daughters and sisters who struggled to maintain order on the home front as their world crumbled into disorder and chaos as a result of their husbands, sons, fathers and brothers putting on a uniform. Some, or many, never came home, which is part of the shared struggle, too.
Ladies who ' served their cause' are here, female soldiers, vivandieres, nurses, a doctor here and there, female spies- all of the women won and lost much, their stories flat History now, breathtaking examples of determination to serve thier respective causes and not be left behind as this war exploded over a no-longer united, United States of America. An astonishing amount in this category can be found honored with memorials on the website Find A Grave. Here in Ladies Tea, we have a thread with a link to enable members to also honor these unique females of the Civil War era.
' Ladies Tea' brings to the mind's eye an image of our ancestors snatching a few civilized, social moments in the whirl, discussing the every day topics which made up their lives. Although of different classes and races, we women shared these treasured breaks in the day. Obviously some had far more ' spare' time than others, all would have indulged in some form of social intercourse with others of the same sex, just as obviously some of these topics would have had the common themes of home and children, domestic life. That which made up the world in which our ladies lived is included in Ladies Tea, from the clothes on their backs to the clocks on their walls to the quilts and sewing which marked some as extraordinary craftswomen- these are also some of the topics found here.
Famous names, or at least well-known intermingle with personal, ancestor stories. All are welcome, please! The stories of countless, unnamed people who did so much for their causes during those years have been lost. Sometimes it seems as if the famous names represent all of them, stand-ins for the hundreds whose stories will never be told. If anyone does know the story of their ancestor, it can only add to our understanding of womens' experience as a whole. What a long winded way to say we'd love to hear it!
There is always an on-going, active request for threads on any of these, and more. If the subject pertains in any fashion to one of our females of the Civil War era, please feel free to post a thread, add to our growing bank of knowledge.