Maria Isabella Boyd, also know as Belle Boyd, was a female spy for the confederate states. She was the most well know spies for the confederacy. Her father, Benjamin Reed Boyd, was a shopkeeper before the war, and a soldier in the Stonewall Brigade, during the war. It is said that from the start that Belle was a strong-willed, high spirited, and clever women. One time belle rode her horse into a family party after being told that she was to young to attend. According to Karen Abbott's Liar Temptress Soldier Spy, Boyd told her parents and party guests "my horse is old enough, isn't he?"
On July 4th, 1861, Belle Boyd shot and killed a drunk union soldier because he “Addressed my mother and myself in a language as offensive as it was possible
Elizabeth Cross - federal bounty hunter, always known to reach her marker. A skilled martial artist and excellent marksman. working under the employment of a mysterious benefactor named Jazmine. Elizabeth Cross is about to embark on one of her most dangerous assigments. tracking a While a pyschotic criminal named Homcidie.
Myra Maybelle Shirley better known as Belle Starr was a bandit queen. She ruled multiple gangs and had her own personal weapons and favorite guns. Belle has been stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, cleaning out crooked poker games with her six-shooters and was associated with the James boys and the younger’s. After her first husband, who was Jim July Starr was shot down, she married Sam Starr. Her father John Shirley was the black sheep of a well-to-do Virginia family.
This is where Antonia observed the Union and gathered information to give to General Stuart and John Singleton Mosby. Mosby was a commander if irregulars of whose men had been taking Union supplies but on March 8th, 1863, Mosby and his men captured officers and about 50 horses. When they went to go capture the officers and horses, Mosby found General Stoughton asleep and took him as a prisoner while he was
Associated with providing militia and military information during the First Battle of Manassas, Antonia Ford, a spy for the Confederate States of America, was also credited as being a spy for the two years following. Ford had accusations against her because she was a spy for the confederate States and John Singleton Mosby. Mosby and his rangers seized General Edwin Stoughton. Although Mosby denied that Ford was a spy for him, she was arrested at Old Capitol Prison.
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy is a riveting historical account of a Richmond-born aristocratic matriarch, Elizabeth Van Lew, who risked it all for her beloved country. Elizabeth R. Veron writes with the confidence of a true maestro, the fruits of a labor which undoubtedly included countless hours devoted to compiling the treasure trove of historical accuracy this novel rightfully boasts. Veron accounts with painstaking detail how Van Lew transformed then contemporary stereotypes of women into an Achilles Heel for the Confederacy through her crucial contributions as a Union spy. Southern Lady, Yankee Spy has a title which thoroughly resonates throughout the book, aptly surmising how Van Lew led a double life throughout the course of the war.
She could send crucial information that led to win of the last battle war. Conclusively, Van Lew has risked everything to preserve the Union and Abolish slavery. She was one of the most heroic Union spies. She spent all
Along with Dickinson, Emily D. West was another war heroine who participated the Texas Revolution. Emily D. West was also known as Emily Morgan due to the fact that she was a slave to James Morgan (Handbook of Texas Online, 2010). According to the Handbook of Texas Online, while James Morgan was going away troops detained Emily and other black servants at Morgan's warehouse where she was forced to go with the Mexican Army (2010). According to the Handbook of Texas Online, during the Battle of San Jacinto Emily was said to have been in Santa Anna’s tent when the Texans charged the Mexican camp (2010).
A Film Analysis of Intersectionality and Gender Binary Thinking in The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980) by Connie Field This film study will define the intersectionality of race and gender roles that defined the ability of women to “men’s jobs” during World War II in The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980) by Connie Field. In this film many women from the lower and middle classes tended to work in factories or they have been domestic servants in the home. In Field’s film, women from primarily lower-middle class backgrounds (also unmarried0 found an economic opportunity to get paid higher wages for doing “men’s work” in the production of wartime products, such as airplanes, tanks, and other forms of weaponry. These economic
The book, Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly by Andrew Cook, underscores the true definition of international espionage. The themes in the book have been clearly brought out through the use of once an actual spy, Sidney Reilly. His stories and supposed accomplishments, though likely exaggerated, have been wound into a mind exploding experience that features suspense at its best. The plot and narration, however, portrays somewhat realistic scenarios.
She led 150 black soldiers of the Second South Carolina Battalion safely on the Combahee River without alerting the Confederate troops. (Biography, 2017). The Combahee River Raid mission was to destroy Confederate Supply routes and she was able to accomplish her mission without alerting the Confederate Army. As they raided the Combahee River, the Union Army set fire to the bridges, plantations, rice mills and storehouses. The Union army seized many supplies including; cotton, corn, rice and potatoes.
Abigail Adams was a silent hero during the Revolutionary War. She never received a proper education and is known for the letters she sent to John Adams. The soldiers were grateful for her during the war and knew her as a silent hero. Abigail Adams was the first known women’s rights activists.
The play, Silent Sky, follows the narrative of a 30-year old woman named Henrietta Leavitt and attempts to mirror Henrietta 's personal challenges with the obstacles that most women, in the early 1900s, had to undergo. Henrietta Leavitt can be considered the protagonist because she seems to have a set goal and she experiences the most substantial change, throughout the play 's entirety. She is first introduced as a small-town girl from Wisconsin with big ambitions but, gradually, as the story progresses, she morphs into a most valuable contributor to the field of Astronomy. Not only does her status and position in society change during the play, but she also learns many life lessons and achieves her goals. The character, Henrietta Leavitt,
Ft. Sumter and its impact Today December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union. A few days later, Federal troops took back 68 stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, to Fort Sumter, an island in the port of Charleston. North Fort is considered to be the property of the Government of the United States. The people in South Carolina thinks that the property belongs to the new Confederation which is not correct.
Hollywood sees Gloria as their latest star and dubs her as “America’s little sweetie pie”. She is given the leading lady role in almost all the new films and when she 's older she can still get work in acting. She is most famously known playing Marie in The Belle of New Orleans and much later on she is honored with the United Motion Pictures Medal of Honor. She is adored and successful even when it is hinted that she is not fully white.
The movie I chose to write about is the movie “Spy”. It some of the actress and actors in this movie are Melissa Mcarthy, Rose Bryne, and Bobby Cannavale. “Spy is about a lady named Susan who works for the FBI but always worked behind the desk. Now with a threat of a villain at hand she must take the job as a under the cover agent and stop the villain. This movie came out March 28, 2014.