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Women of '76

Women of ‘76

Quite often in any war, heroes emerged and great honors are bestowed upon them. Yet, war does not discriminate and historians often forget the heroics of revolutionary women. The American Revolution is no exception; women along with men died during the revolution. It was the role of these women that I was most interested in. As far as history was concerned, the only heroes I knew were the founding fathers with their great contributions to our country and the many legends of courageous men. The heroines, and I’m sure there were plenty, were nonetheless forgotten.
A free lance writer named Sally Smith Booth, with special interest in women’s history and the society of early America, wrote two books that pertained to that period of our history. Her first book was about the eating habits of Colonial America and the second book dealt with the history of women during the Revolutionary War. It was her second book I was interested in. She aptly titled it “Women of ‘7...

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