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Explain the roles women in the North and South took on during the Civil War. Speculate

what impact this had on the roles assumed by women after the Civil War.

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Answer: Women served as nurses and matrons on the battlefield in the North and South, or worked in men's jobs while they were off fighting. After the Civil War, this didn't open new opportunities in the regular life aside from nursing, but did show that women were capable of more than they were being accounted for.

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