During the Reconstruction Era, which followed the American Civil War, women faced many new challenges. Freedwomen struggled to find their place in society due to separated families, mistreatment from former masters, racism, and lack of assistance or resources. Some white Northern women worked with the Freedmen's Bureau and helped African Americans where they could. Whereas, white Southern women worked to pick up the pieces of their society while honoring their dead and mythologizing the Confederacy.

Trigger Warning: for discussion of rape and sexual assault.

Find the bibliography, transcript, and learning materials that support this episode at: https://www.remedialherstory.com/10-women-and-reconstruction.html#/

Support this work at:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.remedialherstory.com/giving.html#/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Shop the RHP Store at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.remedialherstory.com/store⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Host: Rachel Perez

Editor: Tyler Cardwell

Producer: Haley Brook

Contributing Authors: Kelsie Brook Eckert, Dr. Barbara Tischler, Dr. Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, Dr. DeAnna Beachley, Jacqui Nelson, Mary Bezbatchenko, Dr. Victoria Plutshack, and Nye Adamkowski.

Consultants and Reviewers: Dr. Tanya Roth, Dr. Jessica Frazier, Dr. Linda Upham-Bornstein, Dr. Margaret Huettl, Hannah Dutton, Michelle Stonis, Annabelle L. Blevins Pifer, Matthew Cerjak, Maria Concepcion Marquez Sandoval, and Lauren Connolly.

Copyright: The Remedial Herstory Project