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What Role Did Women Play In The American Revolution

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The American revolution was a war that changed the history of America forever. Because we weren’t really alive back then, we aren’t exactly sure if one of the 5 marginalized groups (Women, Natives, Spanish, Impoverished, and Africans.) were included in helping win the war during the American Revolution. I’ll be taking on one of the marginalized, Women, and trying to prove that they’ve been included in the American Revolution. Were women included in the American Revolution? Yes, women were included in the American Revolution.

So you say women helped win the war known as the American Revolution, huh? What exactly did they do? Well, think of this. Many of soldiers of the Revolution were injured and who happened to nurse them back to health? …show more content…

Yet, it’s not enough to prove women were really needed during the war. This is where women come in to provide more evidence for how they had a part in winning the war. Not just men fought in the war, now did they? Women have been secretly joining in and fighting side by side with men to win the revolutionary war. Not only that, but Women raised money and clothing for the soldiers in war. On the page, American Revolution, Role Of Women In the (Wars) By what-when-how, They include how women helped during the revolutionary war. In this case, I’ll be including how they secretly fought side by side with men. “Women’s participation in combat depended on whether men were available to fight the enemy. As men left home to join the army, few, if any, were left to defend the towns and villages. Thus, many women defended their communities from the British by joining local militia groups or serving as guards. They dressed in men’s clothing and armed themselves with muskets or pitchforks.” This quote demonstrates how women fought alongside men and helped protect men and their families. Without this, we probably wouldn’t have won the war known as the revolutionary war. Women prove that they are strong and a reason why the Americans won the

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