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“Greedy Merchants And Idle Women: Economic Crisis And Community In The Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”, Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal May 2013

“Greedy Merchants And Idle Women: Economic Crisis And Community In The Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”, Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal

The Confluence (2009-2020)

As a merchant economy emerged in Missouri River towns in the 1820s, so too did a rhetoric about the roles of women in this changing economy. Rebekah Mergenthal examines the debate about changing gender roles in an evolving market economy.


“Making War On Women” And Women Making War: Confederate Women Imprisoned In St. Louis During The Civil War, Thomas Curran May 2011

“Making War On Women” And Women Making War: Confederate Women Imprisoned In St. Louis During The Civil War, Thomas Curran

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Soldiers in blue and gray weren’t the only ones fighting in the Civil War. Thomas Curran details the efforts of pro-Confederate women who worked as spies, and the efforts by the Union military to counter their activities.