2 April: On this day in history
What events happened on 2 April in history? We round up the events, births and deaths…
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The Bread Riot rocked Richmond and changed women's history
The Bread Riot of 1863 was an act that some historians believe lit an early fuse in the movement toward women’s empowerment in America.
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There's a Riot Goin' On: Riots in U.S. History (Part One)
This Encyclopedia Britannica history list surveys riots in 18th- and 19th-century U.S. history.
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Women during the Civil War – Encyclopedia Virginia
War quickly permeated and transformed every aspect of life in the South in the spring of 1861. The Confederacy’s leaders realized that they could only win the war with the full moral and material support of its women. As husbands and fathers departed for the battlefield and politicians and journalists urged civilians to do their patriotic duty, white women were confronted with the strange new expectation of demonstrating authority and civic involvement. The exigencies of war encouraged white women to develop a political outlook and prove their patriotism, in contrast to the antebellum perio...
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