Discuss the roles of women in the American Revolution. Include the contributions of specific historical female revolutionary women to support your response.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- Women on the home front: ran farms and businesses-Abigail Adams managed the family farm in Quincy; seamstresses, nurses, and spies
- Gender and politics: direct participation in Patriot politics-Mercy Otis Warren's home was a center of Patriot political politics, published satires supporting the Revolution and scorning Loyalists; Abigail Adams advised her husband on political structure of new republic
- Women in battle: traveled with the armies of both sides-cooks, prostitutes, nurses, wives, and laundresses; fought in battle-"Molly Pitcher" was a composition of several historical women; Margaret Corbin, Mary Hays McCauley, and Anna Maria Lane were wounded and received congressional pensions; dressed as men and enlisted-Deborah Sampson
- Gender roles: received little respect for services and often called "wild beasts" or "furies"
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