Some stayed at home and managed to keep the farm in operation.Some followed their husbands and became nurses, laundresses and Molly Pitchers.Some simply moved on with their lives.
During the American Revolution the way women were affected depended on location. Those unlucky enough to be in the path of Major Ferguson or General Tarleton had their houses burned and if they had...
The actual number remains unclear, but yes they existed diguised as men. One was Robert Shirtliffe or Deborah Samson of Plympton, Massachusetts. Another famous one was Margaret Cochran Corbin,...