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Victorian concepts of gender in America contributed to the continuation of the guerrilla warfare occurring at the Kansas and Missouri border. Popular legend often ignores that women were playing a large role in the continual supply to guerrilla troops of clothing and food, but also crucial information of the movements of Union troops. Even some involved in this conflict, like Union General Thomas Ewing, portrayed the women as victims of the war, not perpetrators. (Sarah M)
The gender dynamics of the war is something I find particularly interesting. Women, despite the many different ways they were involved in the war, were still seen as domicile and not as valuable to the war effort. Though women fought on the front lines, they were seen as victims or bystanders, rather than instigators and in some cases, heroes. (Caty)