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Rhetoric and Realities: Women, Gender, and War during the War of 1812 in the Great Lakes Region

Bolcevic, Sherri Quirke
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1407847108

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2015, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, History.
The bicentennial of the War of 1812 has reinvigorated interest in the conflict, but there are still elements of this war which remain unplumbed. Within the locality of the Great Lakes region, using diaries, journals, and letters as my main primary sources, I explore how gender dynamics established by whites prior to the War of 1812 influenced a mindset that said women were incapable of fruitful participation in warfare. In contrast to those who argue that women's participation in the War of 1812 was extraordinary, I argue that women participated by any means that they were permitted. Although this participation occasionally flew in the face of traditional gender boundaries, many women aided in war efforts through everyday means, though they ultimately received little acknowledgment because their actions were reinterpreted through a lens of domesticity. My research shows that women were a significant part of the War of 1812, despite gendered thinking which regulated them to the role of the victim.
Rebecca Mancuso, Dr. (Advisor)
Michael Brooks, Dr. (Committee Member)
152 p.
History
War of 1812; Women; Gender; Native Americans; War; United States; Canada; Great Britain; Upper Canada; Northwest Territory; Great Lakes; American History; Canadian History; Womens History; Gender History; Women and War; Gender Roles

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  • Bolcevic, S. Q. (2015). Rhetoric and Realities: Women, Gender, and War during the War of 1812 in the Great Lakes Region [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1407847108

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bolcevic, Sherri. Rhetoric and Realities: Women, Gender, and War during the War of 1812 in the Great Lakes Region. 2015. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1407847108.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bolcevic, Sherri. "Rhetoric and Realities: Women, Gender, and War during the War of 1812 in the Great Lakes Region." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1407847108

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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