Of the People and For the People! In my previous post about “Stagecoach” Mary Fields, I promised my next pioneering woman would be as subtitled above. Let me now present to you: Lucy Stanton Day Sessions (1831 – 1910) What Was Lucy’s First Claim to Fame? In 1850, she became the first African-American […]
Pioneering Women of Civil War America
Introduction As you’ve obviously gleaned from the title, my posts over days to come will feature women who courageously pioneered their way into roles traditionally reserved for men before, during, and after the American Civil War. It was while writing Train to Glory (Book 2 of Glory: A Civil War Series), in particular, that I […]