Women's History Month

The stories of women can be found within many Fold3 titles, and within user-contributed pages. A potpourri of examples may be found here:

• Civil War Widows' Pensions
• Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910
• Brady Civil War Photos
• Ardelia Hall Collection
• Southern Claims Commission
• Lincoln Assassination Papers: Mary Surratt
• Female Buffalo Soldier
• Frances Perkins, first woman appointed to Cabinet

Rebecca Richardson Collingwood lost her husband, Captain Joseph Collingwood, after the Battle of Fredericksburg where he fought with the Massachusetts 18th Regiment. He was wounded in the thigh and succumbed to his injury, most probably because of infection, on 24 December 1862.

Approximately 20,000 approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of US Navy veterans who served between 1861 and 1910. Search, browse, and learn more!

Search on "Mrs" or "Miss" to uncover 150 photos of women, taken by Brady and his team in the 1860s.

Ardelia Hall worked extensively from 1954-61 on the project to catalog and research Nazi-looted artifacts, works of art, books, and other valuable materials.

Ardelia Ripley Hall was born 4 December 1899 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. She was a graduate of Smith College.

Elizabeth Gould of Alexandria, Virginia, is one of many women who received compensation for property confiscated by the Union Army. She received $6,349 (quite a large sum in the day) for 9,625 cords of wood taken from the "Edsall's Hill" tract of land. Her claim begins here.

Louisa Ferguson of Fairfax County, Virginia, claimed $150 for a horse. Her claim rejected. She was born free in about 1804 and eventually married William Ferguson, a slave of a farmer named Dennis Johnson in Fairfax County, Virginia. She had 16 children and supported the Union cause. In her deposition, Louisa says "My father belonged to Gen'l Washington, he was Gen'l Washington's carpenter. Gen'l Washington set him free. and my father afterwards bought my mother and set her free. I was born after my mother was set free." Read more about her case here.

Mary Surratt is one of the accused in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

A very interesting account found here:

http://www.footnote.com/page/726_female_buffalo_soldier_with_documents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Perkins

Photo is found at: http://www.francesperkinscenter.org/gallery.html.

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