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    By Her Needle and Thread: How Women Shaped the Family’s Wartime Experience through Material Objects during the Civil War
    Hunter, Kristen A; Hunter, Kristen A; Van Horn, Jennifer
    This thesis examines how white middle-class women in the North and South shaped the wartime experiences of their families during the American Civil War through the material objects they created. By taking feminine material production as its focus, the wartime experience of each member of the family—men, children, and women—is explored through objects made for them, such as quilts, clothing, letters, and costumes. These artifacts illuminate how women influenced their families’ experiences of war, and ultimately helped to maintain their families throughout the conflict.