Revolutionary Mothers : : Women in the Struggle for America's Independence
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The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. The author shows that women played a vital role throughout the struggle: we see women boycotting British goods in the years before independence, writing propaganda that radicalized their neighbors, raising funds for the army, and helping finance the fledgling government. We see how they managed farms, plantations, and businesses while their men went into battle, and how they served as nurses and cooks in the army camps; risked their lives carrying intelligence, participating in reconnaissance missions, or seeking personal freedom from slavery; served as spies, saboteurs, and warriors; and lived with the daily knowledge that their husbands could be hanged as traitors if the revolution did not succeed.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Distributed by Random House, 2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: xviii, 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1400041635 :
SUBJECTS
Women -- Biography.
United States -- Women. -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- Participation, Female. -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.