Women's Roles In The Revolution

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women
1. listened to what British said
a. while serving food/drink
b. officers spoke freely
1. thought women were not
interested
2. they were wrong
2. Lydia Darragh
a. of Philidelphia
b. carried important information
1. to General Washington
2. at Valley Forge
E. After the war
1. Women continue to be interested in politics
2. Spoke of themselves as Republican Mothers
3. strengthening of a nation
a. Marcy Otis Warren
b. Abigail Adams
c. John Adams and Benjamin Rush
d. position of women

II. Abigail Adams
A. Childhood
B. Marriage
III. The Declaration of Sentiments
A. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B. Lucretia Mott
C. Seneca Falls Convention
D. 1920: women recieve full citizenship



When people think of the Revolutionary War, mosth think of George
Washington leading his men into battle, Minutemen fighting, or John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock signing the Declaration of Independence.
Event ...

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With this new
confidence, the women proved that they could make a living by themselves,
without the aid of men.
Poorer women who didn't have a source of income without thier husbands,
padked up their belongings and followed their husbands to the military camps.
When they got there, the government would feed them, along with their children
and other relatives. When sickness or disease hit on th of women, they would be
cared for just has the soldiers would have been. Even when they were healthy,
they were taken care of. As more and more women cam to the camps, the camps grew
into large, bustling towns.2
The women, however, were not given these luxuries for free. In ...

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