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Women's Role In The American Revolution

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Equality of the sexes was an idea that was unheard of prior to the Revolutionary War due to the widely-held belief that women were inferior to men. Before the war, women tended to engage in household chores and fundamentally had no rights. Men were a predominant part of all aspects of life in Colonial America including political, social, and economic matters. Women played a significant role in the American Revolution due to their constant concern to fight for what they believed in, which is independence from Great Britain. Before the revolution, women were considered the weaker sex, both physically and mentally, which resulted in many women’s lack of independence in both social and political matters. Although the revolution did not provide

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