Women During Revolution Era

Women During Revolution Era

Majority of white women in the 18th century spent their days performing many tasks in and around their homes. Women on average gave birth to between five and eight children. Women did not have any political voice in colonial America. During the war against England, slaves found the presence of British troops as a possible way for them receive freedom. Many of the slaves left their masters and found freedom in Britain. Some women on the other hand, found work as nurses doing the most subordinate, low-level tasks in military hospitals.

A movement began to improve the education of women to give them more means to support themselves. Women began to play a greater role in the public sphere by participating in various reform movements that arose from the 1820s, especially the temperance and abolition movements. It is very important how the early social reform movements were to women's rights were.

Abigail Adams was one of the first advocates of women’s equal education and women’s property rights. Abigail Adams had been unable to convince John Adams and the Continental Congress to grant women more rights as they shaped the new national government. Therefore, Elizabeth Cady Stanton used the most important document which was the Declaration of Independence. It was as a model for the Declaration of Sentiments, which she presented at the first Women's Rights Convention.

Revolutionary war women were able to play a significant role, specifically because men looked down upon them. Because women were considered too uneducated to understand complex military strategies during the American Revolution, men spoke freely around them. Therefor, they made great spies, providing food and peddling wares to enemy camps while listening for important information. One of the most important times in history was the era for Revolution. Women finally got the chance and right to speak and say their opinion. It is always fascinating to learn more women who were involved during the revolutionary era. Women during Revolution Era was absolutely my favorite.