History of the United States I / Unit 6 USH1 0782 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Women in the Revolution
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The idea
Esther DeBerdt Reed formed the Ladies Association of Philadelphia, wrote The Sentiments of an American Woman, and helped raise nearly three hundred thousand dollars in Continental money.
In practice
Women forming mobs during shortages to wrest supplies from hoarders and confronting merchants over fair prices.
Where people slip
Others served as camp followers, cooks, washerwomen and nurses, and a few fought.
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