Women in the American Revolution facts for kids

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Women had many roles in the American Revolution. Some were "Camp followers" equivalent to Military service Units (food, nursing, repairing clothing, etc). Many helped organize boycotts of British goods.

Others took a more active role:

Ann Hennis Trotter Bailey
Margaret Corbin
Nancy Hart
Sybil Ludington
Molly Pitcher
Deborah Sampson

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Spinning in the colonial kitchen
Molly Pitcher loading cannon at the Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778
A portrait of Elizabeth Freeman.
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