Great Women of the American Revolution

By Brianna Hall

Men may have fought the battles of the American Revolution, but women played an important part too. Some women fought the battle at home, speaking their minds about the British occupation or gathering supplies for their soldiers. Others fought openly for their cause, secretly joining the military or becoming spies. Get to know these heroic women and their importance to the colonists' victory during the Revolutionary War.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Dec 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781515729921

Brianna Hall

Brianna Hall is a new author who has written three children's books.  She writes every day to create poems, journal entries, songs, and stories.  Brianna currently lives in Duluth, Minnesota with her friends.  Her brother, parents, and sisters live nearby. Brianna likes to dance ballet and cook tasty meals with her friends.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Everyday Heroines

Chapter 2 - Writing for the Revolution

Chapter 3 - Women on the March

Chapter 4 - Spies in Petticoats

Chapter 5 - Heroines at Home

Chapter 6 - A New Nation

Glossary

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Index

Direct quotations appear on the following pages:

Page 9, from The American Revolution by David F. Burg (New York: Facts on File, 2007.)

Page 11, from The New American Revolution Handbook by Theodore P. Savas (New York: Savas Beatie, 2010.)

Page 14, from Noble Deeds of American Women, J. Clement, ed. (New York: Arno Press, 1974, 2012.)

Page 16, from More than Petticoats: Remarkable Massachusetts Women by Lura Rogers Seavey (Guilford, Conn.: TwoDot, 2004.)

CHAPTER 1

Everyday Heroines

Life was difficult in Great Britain’s American colonies. Women, men, and children worked hard every day just to get by. Women worked sun up to sun down caring for gardens, animals, homes, and their families.

These women didn’t look like rebels in their long dresses and frilly bonnets. Even on farms women wore fancy underskirts called petticoats. But when the British Parliament started passing unfair laws, colonial women had an important choice to make.