CSPAN3 American Artifacts Sex Marriage During The Civil War July 12, 2024
Every july for the past 25 years, the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee has hosted a civil war battle reenactment at history village depicting camp life. Next, we talk to reenactor is about Victorian Era marriage expectations and civil war brothels. My name is Cheryl Williams and i am portraying today at the reenactment, what it would have been like to be a victorian prostitute. At the time of the American Civil War which was smack in the middle of Victorian Era, there were very few choices for women. Women were, in essence, supposed to be the pillar of the household. The center of the family. ...