Join us for a special Zoom meeting on Tuesday, December 2nd at 6:45 PM. Our Speaker will be Ms. Raina Egan, her presentation is titled, “In the Midst of Youth and Beauty: Women in Civil War Arsenals.”
During the Civil War, as many men on both sides enlisted, many women and girls on the home front went to work to support not only themselves, but also the war effort. In arsenals on both sides of the conflict, women and young girls were hired to fill cartridges. However, this could be a dangerous job. There were multiple incidents of accidental explosions where these women worked, and many died as a result. Even in light of such incidents, though, little if anything was done to change working conditions during the war. Most of these surviving women did not leave much in the way of personal accounts of their experiences in arsenals.
Request the Zoom link at civilwarmuseumdoylestown@gmail.com