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===**Helping Out in Tough Times: Some of the most helpful people in the Civil War were women and African Americans. Women played a big role by serving as temporary nurses on the battlefield. One lady that was particularly helpful was Clara Barton, who left her job in Washington to aid soldiers on the battlefield. The Civil War was a big turning point for women and the profession of nursing. This proved that the normal status quo of women being weak was untrue.**===


 * Even though the war was a tough time for African Americans it was also a time of opportunity for them. Because of the Emancipation Proclamation introduced by President Lincoln, it officially permitted African Americans to enlist in the Army and Navy. Almost immediately after the newly established proclamation thousands of Africans Americans rushed to sign up for the military.**