Revolutionary women

In the American Revolution, men cant take full credit on the victory. Women played a very important and crucial role in this revolution. For many this began with the boycott of tea, later they began to make their own homespun cloth. Others freed their men, and allowed them to fight for their country, which was something that really helped them concentrate on their main objective. Some women, like Molly Pitcher and Deborah Samson, even pretended to be men to be able to fight for their country along with their husbands and kids, as a result they earned recognition and in some cases they even earned a soldier's pension. This tells us that women had proved to be brave since they were dealing with difficult things, from to taking care of entire households, to nursing injured troops, to fighting battles.

One of our main revolutionary women is Molly Pitcher. When she was a teenager she married John Caspar Hayes. He soon went off to fight in the Revolutionary War. At sixteen years of age Molly decided to follow her husband's steps and also went off to help in the war. In the camp she would cook and wash for the men. In the battles she would serve water for the soldiers, which is how she got her name Molly "Pitcher". Later when her husband died she took his place and began to fight.

Another great and very famous revolutionary woman is Deborah Sampson. She was inspired to serve the troops after reading a Thomas Paine's "Common Sense". She decided t disguise herself as a man so she made herself some man clothes and went to war, enlisting herself as Robert Shirtliff. She was wounded twice and still after seeking medical help no one found out she was actually a woman. It wasn't until she got the yellow fever her medical doctor felt obligated to tell the truth, but Deborah had already gained their respect.

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