Revolutionary mothers : women in the struggle for America's independence / Carol Berkin.

Revolutionary mothers : women in the struggle for America's independence / Carol Berkin.

First edition.

1400041635

New York : Knopf, 2005.

New York : Distributed by Random House

English

xviii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

E276 .B47 2005

973.3/082

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-182) and index.

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