Women in the American Revolution Flashcards
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How many women may have joined the Continental Army?
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20,000
2
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What jobs did the women have that joined the Continental army?
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- A few dressed up as men and fought
- Many served as nurses
- Many carryed water and ammunitoion for the artillery
3
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What were camp followers?
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Civilian women who had been displaced by war and looked to the army for protection and for food for themselves and their children,.
4
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What jobs did the camp followers do for the Continental army?
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- Cooked
- Did laundry for the troops
- Cared for the wounded
5
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What was Sybil Ludington known as? Why?
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- The “female Paul Revere”
- Her father was the commander of a local milita and he got word that the British were going to attack nearby Danbury, Connecticut.
- She volunteered on a rainy night to warn people in the coutryside and to tell the militia to gather at her father house.
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What is Mary Ludwig Hayes known for?
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- She carried water back and forth to exhausted troops at the battle of Monmouth during untense heat.
- When her husband, William, fell to the ground, she took hsi place at the cannon.
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What is Margaret Cockran Corbin known for?
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- When her husband, John Corbin was killed at the battle of Fort Washington, she took his place at the cannon.
- She was wounded and captured by the British but later released.
- She was the first woman to be given a pension by the Contiental Congress.
- She was the only soldier of the American Revolution buried at the Military Academy at West Point, New York.
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What is Deborah Samson known for?
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- She disguised herself as a man and joined the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment.
- She was wounded at least twice. She hid a leg wound so that doctors wouldn’t discover that she was a women.
- In 1983, the governor of Massachusetts declared Debrorah Samson the Official Heroine of the Commonweatlth of Massachusetts.
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