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With a great deal of my woefully inadequate understanding of American Revolution era families coming from movies like “The Patriot,” I too found the article to be enlightening and thought provoking about the role women played. Stephen | With a great deal of my woefully inadequate understanding of American Revolution era families coming from movies like “The Patriot,” I too found the article to be enlightening and thought provoking about the role women played. Stephen | ||
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| + | I was really shocked to read about the cases in which local governments ordered the wives of loyalists to leave town. These were women whose husbands were away at war (or maybe dead). I imagine that they would have really struggled to find a new living situation. This treatment just seems very harsh to me, especially when you consider that these women were members of the community. I would have thought that the people would have had more compassion for them. I think these cases suggest that the political affiliation of women was considered to be significant. Otherwise why would the presence of loyalist wives be seen as such a risk? <br>-- Rebecca | ||
== General Questions == | == General Questions == | ||
