1st Wednesdays – “It Was I Who Did It” – Women in the American Revolution
by Karen Duguay | Mar 2, 2022 | Think/Learn |
1st Wednesdays
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“It Was I Who Did It”: Women in the American Revolution
Why were women originally left out of the Revolutionary War narrative, and how did they eventually get written back in? Author Carol Berkin provides a close examination of the vital roles that women played in pre-revolutionary protests and in the revolution itself and describes how their participation helped create a new gender ideology.