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Who shares in the blessings of liberty? : Women and the New Nation

Who shares in the blessings of liberty? : Women and the New Nation. WOMEN AND THE REVOLUTION. Home-front war & civil war. Battlefield and home front lines blurred. Women played wide variety of roles . ROLES WOMEN PLAYED. Replacement roles Following troops Seeking freedom

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Who shares in the blessings of liberty? : Women and the New Nation

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  1. Who shares in the blessings of liberty? : Women and the New Nation

  2. WOMEN AND THE REVOLUTION • Home-front war & civil war. • Battlefield and home front lines blurred. • Women played wide variety of roles.

  3. ROLES WOMEN PLAYED • Replacement roles • Following troops • Seeking freedom • Waging war • Engaging in politics

  4. WOMEN & PROTEST • Letter-writing • Broadsides, newspapers • Boycotts

  5. HOME FRONT Abigail Adams: “Remember the ladies”

  6. ARMY LIFE Who followed the army?

  7. MOLLY PITCHER

  8. SEEKING FREEDOM Phillis Wheatley 1753-1784

  9. SEEKING FREEDOM Molly Brant(Mary Degonwadonti)

  10. IMPACT OF WAR “The Revolution was a hothouse, forcing into bloom gender roles and gender ideals that had been planted long before.” Carol Berkin Revolutionary Mothers

  11. ECONOMIC ROLE • Farms • Home workshops • 1820+: early mills

  12. POLITICAL ROLE? Are women in the Constitution? Are women citizens?

  13. DEBATE ABOUT WOMEN Mary Wollstonecraft, 1792 publication “Querelle des femmes”

  14. WOMEN’S RIGHTS DEBATE “On the Equality of the Sexes”: Women need more educational opportunities Judith Sargent Murray, 1751-1820

  15. WOMEN VOTING New Jersey women vote, 1776-1807

  16. FEMALE POLITICIANS Growing female literacy facilitates involvement in politics

  17. NATURE OF POLITICS Fourth of July in Centre Square

  18. PARTY POLITICS

  19. DOLLEY MADISON • Helps create informal politics of Washington

  20. BACKLASH Congressional Pugilists, 1798

  21. REPUBLICAN MOTHERS • Ideal of “Republican Motherhood” Dominant

  22. QUESTIONS?

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