Looks at the life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who disguised herself as a man to join the army during the Civil War, working as a nurse and then a spy for the Union.
year: 2011
call number/section: 920, 921, 92, 1000
subjects: edmonds, s. emma e, (sarah emma evelyn), 1841-1898, women spies, united states, biography, spies, nurses, women soldiers, impostors and imposture, united states, secret service, civil war, 1861-1865, participation, female, women, history