Thanks to everyone who sent congratulations via email and blog comments.
I’ve been a reenactor for almost seven years. At living history events such as those listed on the calendar, I portray the wife of a soldier (otherwise known as a "camp follower") in His Majesty’s 33rd Light Company of Foot. Although the term "camp follower" conjures images of a shabbily dressed, poxed prostitute who skulks around the fringe of a military camp, prostitutes made up only a small percentage of camp followers during the Revolutionary War. A camp follower was any non-combatant attending a military group: a soldier’s wife, sibling, child, parent, servant, or slave, for example, or an artisan (blacksmith, wheelwright, etc.), merchant (stationer, green grocer, etc.), trader, or peddler. One reason I reenact is to help educate the public about real history.
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Suzanne, I am looking forward to reading your book. I am particularly interested in how the role of women changed from the Revolutionary War era through the Civil War era and into the 21st century. I hope you will add some information about that on your blog – perhaps insight as to how and why the roles changed.
Woo-Hoo!
I am SO glad you got “your baby” out there for all to read!
I know it was a long, difficult road getting there, but I’ll bet it’s all worth it just to see it on the bookseller’s shelves!
*hugs and happy dance*