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This Grand Experiment is well researched, with Ziparo having traced about three thousand women who worked for the government in the 1860s.""--Journal of Southern History Deeply researched. . . . Readers with broad interests in Civil War Washington, particularly the social impact of the burgeoning bureaucracy and the reform impulses unleashed by emancipation, should read This Grand Experiment.""--Washington History In this excellent book, Ziparo illustrates how women's work during the Civil War made them a regular part of the nation's bureaucracy while also highlighting the inequality that they faced.""--Civil War Book Review Provides an excellent, detailed look at another group of women who need to be added to the list of essential war workers: the thousands who sought and gained employment in the federal government from 1861 until the early 1870s.""--Journal of the Civil War Era Rigorously researched and musically written, This Grand Experiment offers a great deal more than a study of a several thousand women--most of them white, most of them desperately trying to maintain their middle-class status, in one city over less than a decade--might suggest.""--Journal of American History Ziparo creates a strong story on a topic few have considered before by weaving scant sources together to form an engaging narrative.""--American Historical Review

This Grand Experiment is well researched, with Ziparo having traced about three thousand women who worked for the government in the 1860s.--Journal of Southern History Deeply researched. . . . Readers with broad interests in Civil War Washington, particularly the social impact of the burgeoning bureaucracy and the reform impulses unleashed by emancipation, should read This Grand Experiment.--Washington History In this excellent book, Ziparo illustrates how women's work during the Civil War made them a regular part of the nation's bureaucracy while also highlighting the inequality that they faced.--Civil War Book Review Provides an excellent, detailed look at another group of women who need to be added to the list of essential war workers: the thousands who sought and gained employment in the federal government from 1861 until the early 1870s.--Journal of the Civil War Era Rigorously researched and musically written, This Grand Experiment offers a great deal more than a study of a several thousand women--most of them white, most of them desperately trying to maintain their middle-class status, in one city over less than a decade--might suggest.--Journal of American History Ziparo creates a strong story on a topic few have considered before by weaving scant sources together to form an engaging narrative.--American Historical Review

Rigorously researched and musically written, This Grand Experiment offers a great deal more than a study of a several thousand women--most of them white, most of them desperately trying to maintain their middle-class status, in one city over less than a decade--might suggest.--Journal of American History Deeply researched. . . . Readers with broad interests in Civil War Washington, particularly the social impact of the burgeoning bureaucracy and the reform impulses unleashed by emancipation, should read This Grand Experiment.--Washington History Ziparo creates a strong story on a topic few have considered before by weaving scant sources together to form an engaging narrative.--American Historical Review Provides an excellent, detailed look at another group of women who need to be added to the list of essential war workers: the thousands who sought and gained employment in the federal government from 1861 until the early 1870s.--Journal of the Civil War Era In this excellent book, Ziparo illustrates how women's work during the Civil War made them a regular part of the nation's bureaucracy while also highlighting the inequality that they faced.--Civil War Book Review This Grand Experiment is well researched, with Ziparo having traced about three thousand women who worked for the government in the 1860s.--Journal of Southern History

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Jessica Ziparo earned her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.

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