Historian Howard Coffin will present Vermont Women and the Civil War on Sunday, July 25th at the Bridgewater Grange Hall at 129 Route 100A in Bridgewater Corners at 2:00 pm. Vermont's remarkable Civil War battlefield record is well documented, but little is known of how Vermont women sustained the home front. With nearly 35,000 of the state's able-bodied men at war, women took on farming, worked in factories, served as nurses in the state's military hospitals, and more. Drawing from letters and diaries, Coffin tells their story in their own words, describe life during the Civil War in the Green Mountain State. A Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau event hosted by the Bridgewater Historical Society. This talk is free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities.