Womens Roles in the American Revolution

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Womens Roles in the American Revolution
Abigail Adams
Molly Pitcher
Deborah Sampson
Nancy Hart
Created By Candi, Josh, Kara, Lanie
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Abigail Adams
Remember the Ladies
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Abigail Adams

• While John, Abigails husband, was away for
  public business, Abigail found herself taking
  care of the farm and their four children.

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Abigail Adams

• To keep in touch with her husband Abigail wrote
  letters to John.

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Abigail Adams

• In one letter she wrote
• Remember the ladies, and be more generous and
  favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put
  such unlimited power into the hands of the
  husbandsIf particular care and attention is not
  paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a
  rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by
  any laws in which we have no voice or
  representation.

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Abigail Adams

• Almost ten years later Abigail joined John in
  Europe. They spent 8 months in Paris and 3 years
  in London.

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Abigail Adams

• Abigail became a trusted and influential
  political adviser to her husband.
• Abigail was among the first women to question
  womens rights and roles in society.

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Abigail Adams

• She believed that all boys and girls no matter
  their race should get a good education.

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Abigail Adams

• She was a very cheerful and a companionable,
  popular person.
• She died in Quincy, Massachusetts on October 28,
  1818 of typhoid fever.

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Molly Pitcher
this heroine had braved the hardships of the
camp and dangers of the field with her husband,
who was a soldier of the revolution
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Molly Pitcher

• She carried pitchers of water out to the soldiers
  on hot days and tended to wounded soldiers.

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Molly Pitcher

• When her husband got hurt she decided to take his
  place at the cannon.

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Molly Pitcher

• When the battle was over General Washington named
  her Sergeant Molly.

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Deborah Sampson
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Deborah Sampson

• She was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts on
  December 17, 1760.
• Deborah was the first women to imitate a man and
  join the army and go into combat.

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Deborah Sampson

• She married a farmer, Benjamin Garnnett, they had
  three children together.
• Deborah taught at a school and gave lectures and
  speeches on what happened during the war.

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Deborah Sampson

• After receiving a letter from Paul Revere,
  congress agreed to grant Deborah a pension.
• Massachusetts general court recognized her as a
  hero on January 1792.
• She received four dollars a month until her death
  at the age of sixty-six.

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Nancy Morgan Hart
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Nancy Morgan Hart

• Nancy is one of many women who were recognized by
  the Daughters of the American Revolution as a
  patriot during the American Revolutionary War.

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Nancy Morgan Hart

• Nancys daughter, Sukey Hart, was a patriot in
  the American Revolutionary War.
• Sukey helped by carrying her mothers messages to
  the local Revolutionary militia.

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