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What is the history of American women during the Revolutionary Era?
During the Revolution, the women would usually house some of the Patriots tha thad just come back from battle. What some women did (it was no regularly done) was they dressed us as a man and fought in the war.
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.
Besides influencing radical political discourse during the revolutionary era, the Enlightenment also shaped the careers of America's first black intellectuals. Because it emphasized human reason, the...
During the war, women were left to run and defend their husband's land, home and farms. Unsure if they spouses would even come back, they had to make the adjustment of being independent and at the...
Women helped quite a lot in the Revolutionary War. On the Patriot side, women raised money, made alternative goods during boycotts, and ran the households. When their husbands were gone, many women...