Mercy Otis Warren: Women In The Revolutionary War

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There were many men in the Revolutionary War who did brave deeds that we know about, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and many more. But not as many women that we know. Women wrote, nursed, helped, spied and some even joined the battle in their own home or the battlefield. They also managed businesses while men were out fighting. Now I will talk about five women who contributed greatly to American independence. That maybe we would have still been under British control without. These woman are Martha Washington, Nancy Morgan Hart, Lydia Darragh, Betsy Ross, and Mercy Otis Warren. I will be talking about what events led up to make Mercy Otis Warren do what she did.
Mercy Otis Warren wrote many things

She performed many brave deeds to help America win the fight for independence. She was born on June 2, 1731 in New Kent County, Virginia, 8 months older than George Washington. She was extremely interested in school and attended it until her brothers went to collage, which woman weren’t allowed to do at the time. Before she married George Washington she married Daniel Parke Custis. Only later, on (!!/@/#) she married George Washington.
When George Washington became chief of the continental army she left Virginia for the first time. She spent 8 winters at military camps with the troops. She organized the woman at camp to help sew shirts, knit socks and mend clothes. In the first few weeks at camp she said, “ I shudder every time I hear a gun.” This shows that even people who seem so brave and bold might have a trickle of fear in them.
To keep her mind of it she kept very busy. She cooked, sewed, nursed, and prayed with the soldiers. One of the most helpful things she did was to keep soldiers from deserting camp. If soldiers deserted there might not have been enough soldiers to fight and America could have lost the war. She kept so busy that a visitor to Valley Forge once said, “ I never in my life met a woman so busy from early morning to late night as Lady Washington.”
She lived a long life in those days and died at age 60, on May 22, 1802. Martha Washington is still an inspiration to many