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T6 - 6.4A Alli Jenkins, Amanda Hall (Women Take Part in the War)

Anything Men Can Do… Women Can Do Better The women of our country have done so much. More than some people think. We have fought in war and we have healed the sick. We have, also, taken over men’s work. These women are brave and they stood up for what they believe in. We were not heard, we were not equal, but because of the women in the revolutionary era, they have changed the way people look at woman. We are now all equal and now we are all heard."because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If i fail no one will say, 'she doesn't have what it takes.' they will say, 'women don't have what it takes.'" Men didn't think that we were just as good as them and they viewed us as "women" not individuals.

Nancy Hart was an amazing woman. She was taken captive by the British and was forced to cook for them in Georgia. She had a young daughter as well. One night she was serving the soldiers turkey and her little girl grabbed a musket when they weren’t looking. She brought it back to her mother and she shot two of the soldiers.

Mary Ludwis Hays, also known as “Molly Pitcher”, carried water to the soldiers in 1778. She had a husband fighting in the war so she also carried water to him. Her husband operated a cannon and when he was wounded she took his place. She operated his cannon until he was able to do it himself once more. Usually women were not war material, but she proved other wrong.

One of the ladies mentioned earlier, Margaret Corbin, was a very important woman in the revolutionary war. She was actually the first women to even be recognized and awarded for her service. Here is her story. Margaret’s husband was in the war and his job was to fire the cannon. When her husband was badly wounded, she took over his position. While doing her job firing the cannon, she was injured by British fire, shot in the arm. Margaret ended up losing that arm. On the bright side, she was awarded a pension (a small amount of money) because of her injury. It must have felt like a huge accomplishment, which it was, to Margaret because typically a woman would not have been recognized for her contributions to the war.

"remember the ladies," is what Abigail Adams said to her husband, urging him to remember that women can do work just as well as men. she suggested that since they could do the same work, then they should have the same rights. You can see that these women were very important, but it wasn’t just them of course there were many, //many //others who probably did not get the appropriate amount of credit. The women who have become rather famous must have been extra hardworking and really confident. This may be the beginning of a new age for women, for everyone really. With America growing and changing and fighting for freedom, who knows? During these hard times women have really “stepped up” in taking over things for their husbands and other men in their lives. It is clear that freedom is just as important to the women as it is to the men. "Never let the hand you hold, hold you down." This quote refers to the husbands possibly, who viewed their wives as housewives and nothing more.