Did they defy prevailing gender expectations or fulfill them

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As women engaged in Civil War era activities, did they defy prevailing gender expectations or fulfill them? Consider North America's diverse population of women and the variety of ways women engaged in war-related activities. (Helpful hint, the "Cult of Domesticity / True Womanhood" expectations called for women to embrace piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity). Support your response with specific, cited examples from the reading from chapter 5 from the textbook called Through Women's Eyes. Three paragraphs please.

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