Jessica Ziparo: 1 book
This Grand Experiment
When Women Entered the Federal Workforce in Civil War–Era Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2017
In the volatility of the Civil War, the federal government opened its payrolls to women. Although the press and government officials considered the federal employment of women to be an innocuous wartime aberration, women immediately saw the new development for what it was: a rare chance to obtain...
