Claiming union widowhood : race, respectability, and poverty in the post-emancipation South /

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"In Claiming Union Widowhood, Brandi Clay Brimmer analyzes the US pension system from the perspective of poor black women during and after the Civil War. Reconstructing the world of New Bern, North Carolina's grassroots pension network through a broad range of historical sources, she outli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brimmer, Brandi Clay, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Temas:
United States. > Army > Minorities > History > 19th century.
États-Unis. > Army > Minorités > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States. > Army
1800-1899
Military pensions > United States > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Military pensions > North Carolina.
Widows > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
African American women > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
Women's rights > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
Pensions militaires > Caroline du Nord.
Veuves > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noires américaines > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
African American women
Armed Forces > Minorities
Military pensions
Pensions
Racism
Widows
Women's rights
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Pensions.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Pensions.
North Carolina
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A People and a Place
  • Black Life and Labor in New Bern, North Carolina, 1850-
  • The Black Community in New Bern, 1865-1920
  • Encountering the State
  • Her Claim Is Lawful and Just: Black Women's Petitions for Survivors' Benefits
  • Black Women, Claims Agents, and the Pension Network
  • Encounters with the State: Black Women and Special Examiners
  • Marriage and the Expansion of the Pension System in Black Women and Suspensions for "Open and Notorious Cohabitation"
  • The Personal Consequences of Union Widowhood

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