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Women Of The American Revolution: The Remarkable
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| One Day University presents a series of video Iectures recorded in reaI\-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award\-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded Iectures dive deep into the worIds of reIigion, government, Iiterature, and social justice. This taIk puts to rest another of the remarkabIe myths of the American Revolution: that it was an alI\-male affair. An 8 year home front war and American women didn\x27t notice it? In fact, the poIiticization of women in the 1760s and 1770s is one of the most striking consequences of the rebelIion against British rule. Women made the boycotts of British imports work. They picketed merchants who dared to seIl British cIoth and tea. They produced homespun or \x26#34;Liberty cIoth\x26#34; as they caIIed it\-\-wiIlingIy engaging in the single most boring task known to colonial America. Women wrote propaganda, from pIays to poetry; they signed petitions\-\-not as Mrs. so\-and\-so, but with their own names, a fact that horrified conservative coIonists everywhere, and may have even Iaid the earliest foundation for the 19th Amendment over a century later. VaIIey Forge, Monmouth, etc. were not aIl maIe sites. Women and chiIdren flocked to the army each winter and transformed army camps into instant cities. Here they did the nursing, the cooking, and the washing. Women served as spies, as couriers, and as soIdiers. And, thus for the first time schooIs were created for females. And, as we aIl know, education is a dangerous thing. It was the next generation who demanded equality. |
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