Thursdays, 5:00 pm–6:30 pm | April 10–May 1
Location: Zoom
Instructor: Sarah Traphagen

On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s famed address honored the hallowed ground of a little crossroads in Pennsylvania. Months earlier, the town and fields of Gettysburg absorbed a deadly choreography of Union and Confederate forces that left unprecedented destruction and proved to be the American Civil War’s turning point. In the vast expanse of people eager to catch a glimpse of Lincoln were several women who sacrificed and put forth tremendous effort during the battle and its aftermath. The world tends to note these women (and so many more left to the unwritten pages of history) little, but we will not forget what they did there. We will read their stories and hear their voices.

Sarah Traphagen received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Florida. Her areas of expertise are American literature, history, and Civil War medicine. She has published in The Journal of Military Experience and The Journal of Working-Class Studies. She has taught at the University of Florida and in college preparatory schools. Currently, she is at home with her son.