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The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American colonist. 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.;Clio's daughters, lost and found -- "The easy task of obeying": Englishwomen's place in Colonial society -- "They say it is tea that caused it": women join the protest against English policy -- "You can form no idea of the horrors": the challenges of a home-front war -- "Such a sordid set of creatures in human figure": women who followed the Army -- "How u

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Author

Berkin, Carol

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Vintage Books

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781299108219

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Science

Rating

3.75 / 5 (611 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14