Mary Beth Norton, "Women in the American Revolution," John A. Garraty, Editor, Historical
Viewpoints: Notable Articles from American Heritage, Volume One: to 1877, Seventh Edition, New York: Harper Collins
The main content of “Women in the American Revolution” was the wartime activities of an organization of patriotic Philadelphia women. The author, Mary Beth Norton, is a professor at Cornell University. Professor Norton is the author of The British Americans and of Liberty’s Daughters, an account of how women were affected by the Revolution.
The author showed the readers about the American women’s contributions for the War of Independence. In an absolutely male leader’s period, some women tried their best to help the country, their armi
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