Getting Ready
Men did most of the fighting in the Revolutionary War, but the war could not have been won without the efforts of everyone, including women. We don't know the names of many of the women. A few are listed below.
Activity
Using 20 index cards, transfer each name and contribution to its own card. Turn the cards face down, so you can't see the information. Then, like the game Concentration, turn two cards over, each player in turn, and try to find a match. Matching cards are taken off the 'board'. Non-matches are turned face down for the next player's turn. This game is best with 3 players. (The answers are at the bottom of this activity).
Match these women with the wonderful things they did in the Revolutionary War:
- Margaret Corbin
- Martha Washington
- Sybil Luddington
- Mammy Kate
- Lydia Darragh
- Nancy Hart
- Margaret Hill Morris
- Rebecca Stillwell Willets
- Polly Cooper
- Deborah Samson
_____ knitted socks for the soldiers at Valley Forge.
_____ was 16 years old when she rode at night to warn the colonists that the British were burning Danbury, Connecticut, April, 1777.
_____ named herself Robert Shirtliffe, wore men's clothing, enlisted in the Continental Army and fought courageously in the Massachusetts Fourth Regiment, earning a reputation as an extremely brave, strong soldier.
_____ was a fearless black slave who rescued her imprisoned Patriot master, Stephen Heard, from Fort Cornwallis. Heard later became Governor of Georgia.
_____ was a Quaker spy who pretended to be going for flour but instead managed to move past the British soldiers and warn Washington that the British planned a surprise attack at Whitemarsh.
_____ was nicknamed "War Woman" because she was 6' tall and shot, with great accuracy, the British soldiers who entered the Gerogia frontier where she lived.
_____ was awarded a pension for her fighting and was only discovered to be a woman when she was injured and taken to a doctor's home for treatment and recovery.
_____ had great knowledge of medicine and herbal remedies and went to homes in her community every morning to care for sick or wounded soldiers who were temporarily housed there.
_____ was an Oneida Indian woman who cooked for George Washington and other officers of the Continental Army in Philadelphia.
_____ cleverly negotiated a trade for the return of her husband, who had been taken prisoner by the British, for a British officer of equal rank.
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Think More About It
Three organizations today, the Sons of the American Revolution (S.A.R.), Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.), and Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R), do their best to identify participants in the War and honor them with memorials or by naming highways, parks, and historic sites after them. They also document the contributions made by their ancestors.
Ask your relatives about your own family history. Record the contributions that your family members made to the growth of the United States. How might you honor what they did?
Words to know: herbal, negotiate, enlisted, spy, pension
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