Women in the Revolutionary War

Women in the Revolutionary War

by Sharon Wilder

​What do you think?

​This is Molly Pitcher. She went to war with her husband. When he was injured, she took his place.

Open Ended

What do you think about a woman fighting in a war?

(Answers in English. You may use translate.)

​Video

​Watch this video. Be sure to turn on the captions. You can also change the captions to your native language, and you can also slow the video down.

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​Be ready to answer questions on the next slides!

Open Ended

Abigail wrote to her husband: "Remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors."

What does this mean? 

Multiple Choice

Judith Sargent Murray believed that girls and women...

• should not receive the same education as boys and men.

• should receive the same education as boys and men.

• should never be taught anything.

• were not the intellectual equals to men.

Multiple Choice

Women in the 18th century were not expected to express opinions about politics and war.  

• true 

• false

Multiple Choice

Many women and their children followed the men into battle. 

• true 

• false

Open Ended

Mary Ludwig Hayes McCauley was famous for taking her husband's place after he was injured. Why was she called "Molly Pitcher?"

Multiple Choice

Deborah Sampson was famous because...

• she wore a scarf.

• she brought water.

• she was a woman fighting as a man.

Ways Women Contributed to the Revolution​

• Women took over their husband's or family's business.

• Women ​began to manufacture items to boycott British goods.

Ways Women Contributed to the Revolution​

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• ​Women were spies.

• ​They would relay messages to the military.

Ways Women Contributed to the Revolution​

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• Women went to war with their husbands.

• ​"Camp followers" would cook and clean for the soldiers.

• ​The women were also often nurses to the wounded.

Ways Women Contributed to the Revolution​

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• Women wrote about current events.

• ​Women wrote plays, poetry and books about the revolution.

Ways Women Contributed to the Revolution​

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• Women joined the men on the battlefield.

• ​The women would serve water to the soldiers. (Molly Pitchers)

• ​The women would help when soldiers were injured.

Ways Women Contributed to the Revolution​

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• Some women dressed as men to fight in the battles.

Open Ended

Write three sentences about what you have learned about Women in the Revolution.

Sentence stems to help you write your sentences:

I learned __________ about women in the American Revolution.

_______ was a woman who ______ to help during the American Revolution.

One thing women did to help the American Revolution was _______.