How did women aid the the revolutionary war effort?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Political Influence

Abigail Adams famously corresponded with her husband while he was in Philadelphia reminding him about his responsibility in forming the new government. (She also attempted to get him to "remember the women" as well being one of the first American suffragettes on record.) But also there was Mercy Otis Warren who corresponded with Washington, Adams, and Patrick Henry on the topics of civil and religious liberty, supporting social protests (including the Boston Tea Party) and wrote many pamphlets and plays in support of these political ideals.

Camp Followers

Women were on the battlefields. Many followed the Continental Army, cooking and doing the wash and doing basic medical care. However, many were flung into battle. Molly Pitcher gained fame at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. She was originally just bringing water to troops but soon took her wounded husband's place at his artillery piece firing at oncoming British troops. Margaret Corbin was left for dead while fighting at Fort Washington in 1776 but survived despite the odds.

The wives of officers also followed the army. General Henry Knox's wife, Lucy, came from a family of hardcore loyalists that cut her off when they were married. She endured at Valley Forge and befriended Kitty Greene, wife of General Nathanial Greene and Martha Washington. They were as involved in caring for the wounded and sick soldiers as the wives of common soldiers were.

There are several stories of women who disguised themselves as men to fight with the soldiers. Deborah Sampson disguised herself as Robert Shurtliff and fought with the Forth Massachusetts Regiment. She escaped being found out after being shot in the leg by escaping the medical tent and digging out the bullet herself and stitching up the wound on her own. She was caught when she developed a fever, but the physician kept her secret. Ultimately Henry Knox gave her an honorable discharge and she was eligible for a pension due to her service.

The Records, the Voices

We record our battles in many ways. There was the poetry of Phillis Wheatley that became a world-wide best seller and included the poem "To his Excellency, George Washington." She read this poem to him in person at his Cambridge Headquarters. She was also a slave who would finally be granted her freedom when her master died in 1778.

While we remember Paul Revere, the teenager Sybil Lundington rode twice as far in the rain (forty miles) in April 1777 to get the local militia to fight the British who were attacking Danbury.

Battlefield on the Homefront

Battles often came to home fronts. Women would gather up the children and endure active fire, cannon fire and the like to escape to military forts when the battles reached their literal doorsteps.

Answer 3

by managing farms and businesses