Polly Cooper and the impact on the Revolutionary War Polly cooper was an Oneida woman from the New York colony. She was born around July 21st, 1794, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA. Polly Cooper’s family is mostly unknown, but she had lots of people around her who cared about her. Her parents were Meredith and Ambrose Cooper. Polly Cooper had a big impact on the Revolutionary War because she traveled to feed many soldiers. She took part in an expedition to aid the Continental Army during the American Revolution at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during years of 1777-78. Without Polly Cooper, and the other Oneida people, the soldiers of the Revolutionary war might not have made it, and the outcome would be different. Polly Coopers life …show more content…
before the war is little known, but based on the things she did during the war you know she farmed, and cared about others. Polly Cooper and other Oneida people had lots of cultures, traditions before the revolutionary war. Although they still have these traditions, things for everyone have changed after and during the War. Some of the traditions include clothing, games, and materials for goods, jobs and arts. The Oneida refer to themselves as Oneyoteaka, "People of the Standing Stone": according to Oneida traditions, there was always a large, red boulder near the main Oneida village. Traditional clothing included leather breechcloths for men and long wrap around skirts for women. Both, men and women, wore moccasins and probably deerskin ponchos or a deerskin robes with the fur, during colder weather. Wood, elm bark, basswood, and cornhusk were important materials, used to make goods. Iroquois people were strongly agricultural, raising corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, and other crops. Many of the Oneida women controlled agricultural lands, the election of leaders and, to sometimes warfare. Men were mostly in charge of hunting, fishing, and trading. Male activities also consisted of governments, warfare and raiding, although many women had an influence in decision making. During the Revolutionary War, Polly Cooper and hundreds of other Oneida people set off to help the soldiers. The Oneida Chief Shenandoah sent a group of his tribe with food to feed the soldiers, after hearing about their health at Valley Forge. The Oneidas, including Polly Cooper, traveled four hundred miles in the freezing cold weather. They set off from Central New York to Valley Forge, with about six hundred bushels of white corn. The chief of Oneida also sent word to the Americans living in the German flats, that their town would be raided by British Loyalists, giving them time to leave the town that would be attacked. When the Oneida group arrived, the soldiers tried to eat the corn raw. In a rush, Polly stopped them, knowing the consequences of eating corn raw. If the soldiers did eat the corn raw, it would swell up in their stomachs, and they could die. Polly taught the soldiers how to eat the corn, and prepare it correctly. Later, most of the tribe left, but Polly stayed behind. Polly did more than just cook corn, for the starving soldiers. She carried buckets of water to the troops on both sides of the battlefield. Polly carried water past the firing lines, without fear. Many people believe that Polly should be referred to as the “Mother of our Country”, because she cared for the troops like a mom did for their young. After the war was over, Polly was offered pay for her labor.
Polly denied, but was later given a shawl, for her labor. This shawl is one of Oneida’s greatest relics. This shawl was a way the Americans sought to pay her for her kindness. The shawl was presented to Polly by Martha Washington, after a lot of questions. The shawl was first brought up, when some of Washington’s officers wives, saw that Polly was interested in the shawl, sitting inside a shop window. The wives took the information to their husbands who asked Congress, for money to purchase this shawl. Then the shawl became Polly’s and now serves as a memorial of the nation’s acknowledgement for the help and sacrifice offered to the patriots during the American Revolution by the Oneida Nation. This shawl is passed down by descendants of …show more content…
Polly’s. Polly has had an influence in the war because of what she did for the soldiers. Polly had walked several hundred miles from her home in Central New York to Valley Forge in the cruel winter of 1777 -78 to help feed George Washington’s starving troops. She taught and helped soldiers to live and eat corn the right way. Polly cooper helped save America by helping the soldiers fight in the war. “Polly seemed to know the war centered on freedom; freedom in thought and the opportunity for each individual to create for him/herself a good living and to pass on that opportunity to the generations to come.” Knowing this and that she can help the soldiers, she fought with them in a way, speaking in terms of health and food. Polly Cooper is considered a hero, because she helped the soldiers in need.
Her and her people helped the soldiers by feeding them and being there for them during the war. She possess the heroic qualities of helping others, and doing things the right way. Polly helped win the revolutionary war because she brought the soldiers back into reality. What I mean by this is she helped them in ways they were in need, such as feeding them and being a hero in a medical sort of way. If this person had not acted, then a lot of soldiers would have died of starvation. Polly brought lots of food, and a lot of others Oneidas to help the
soldiers.
Ruby Bridges is a girl known for her courageous actions. Ruby went to a school that would discriminate colored people in the 1960s. She was the first African American to go to an all white school. Ruby Bridges was an American activist who became a symbol of the civil rights movement. An activist is someone who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
From childhood to death Clara Barton dedicated her life to helping others. She is most notably remembered for her work as a nurse on the battlefield during the Civil War and for the creation of the American Red Cross. Barton was also an advocate for human rights. Equal rights for all men, women, black and white. She worked on the American equal Rights Association and formed relations with civil rights leaders such as Anna Dickensen and Fredric Douglass. Her undeterred determination and selflessness is undoughtably what made her one of the most noteworthy nurses in American history.
Alice Cogswell was an incredible little girl from the 1800s who helped to change the course of history for deaf people everywhere. Alice was one of the first and most prominent figures in the creation of ASL as well as an education system for American deaf people. She became this brave pioneer at only 9 years old.
Before the Revolution, women were not allowed a voice in the political world. They almost had no rights, especially if they were married. They were granted fewer opportunities than men. Women were to stay at home care for the household and family. However, that soon began to change. When the Stamp Act was passed in 1765, it required colonist to pay a tax on every piece of printed-paper they used. Women refused to pay for the shipped items from the mother country, “The first political act of American women was to say ‘No’(Berkin 13). As from then, an uprising in issues began to unroll. Women began to seek their voice been heard and act out on problems that were uprising, such as the British Tea. As the war broke out, women’s lives changed even more. While men were in compact, they kept their families alive by managing the farms and businesses, something that they did not do before the war. As the fighting advanced, armies would rummage through towns, destroying homes and seizing food-leaving families with nothing. Women were attacked while their property was being stripped away from them; some women destroyed their own property to keep their family safe. “Women’s efforts to save the family resources were made more difficult by the demands of the military.
Clara Barton attacked many social problems of the 1800’s. From creating a free school, to being on the front lines helping soldiers in the Civil War, to creating the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was a humanitarian. She fought for what she believed in and because of her never-ending fight for people, the world is a different place.
Almost everyone’s heard of her, there have been numerous books written about her, several thousand letters accounted for that she wrote. She was also the wife of the second president and the mother to the sixth American president, who was this woman? She was Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams life didn’t acquire meaning solely from knowing and being around these two great men however, Adams was eminently worth knowing as an individual herself. Throughout the ages, women have always been involved in war but Abigail Adams brought a new concept to women and war with her involvement in the early colonial years and the American Revolution. Abigail Adams did many things in her lifetime but the questions I will be attempting to answer is how exactly did she impact the Revolutionary War and change the social roles of women in such a male dominated society.
1775: The American Revolution officially starts. 1783: The American Revolution finally comes to an end. There are numerous of hardships, victories, secrets, and untold stories throughout these eight long years. It makes us wonder how it was possible for the American colonies, being the underdogs, to beat what was thought to be one of the leading countries of the time, England. It took a lot of hard work, determination and art to win this battle. You heard right, art, as in wax figures, sculptures, busts, and much more made by Patience Wright. It is the small, yet important figures, including women that contributed to America’s victory in the Revolutionary War that we often overlook.
paved the way for religious freedom. She was a great leader in the cause for
Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman. Abigail Adams married a man destined to be a major leader of the American Revolution and the second President of the United States. Although she married and raised men that became such significant figures during their time, she herself played an important role in the American society. The events that happened in her life, starting from childhood and ending in her adult years, led her to be a revolutionary woman. Three main reasons behind her becoming such a strong, independent woman was the fact that she married a man who had an important role in politics, growing up with no education, and raising a family basically by herself.
...play a role in the success of the war even though it may not have been directly. Martha Washington is mainly known as the wife of George Washington but she was much more than that.
Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924-Present) The work of Evelyn Boyd Granville was important because she focused on the mathematics and physics of life and the earth. Discovering new ideas about the orbit and objects pertaining to the orbit. This research paper will go into depth of her life and through her accomplishments, such as learning math and physics, which most women in this time period did not have a chance to go through. Another reason why the work of Evelyn was so important because it is used in our everyday lives to create new things, discover new things, and to solve problems.
Clara Barton was born on December 25th 1821 in Massachussetts and is most widely known for founding the American Red Cross and supporting Union soldiers in the field during the American Civil War. Clara learned the arts of nursing at a young age when assigned the task of nursing her brother after he fell and received a severe injury.
Unlike other significant women of the Revolutionary War, Reed was born and raised in London, England. Esther De Berdt, at that time, met her future husband, Joseph Reed, in England while completing his studies. The two were married and traveled back to the American colonies where Joseph worked as a lawyer. Even as America and Britain were on the edge of war, Reed grew to support American independence as her husband worked his way into the military. When Joseph became governor of Pennsylvania, Esther formed the Ladies of Philadelphia and wrote “The Sentiments of an American Woman.” She asked for women to help her actions, and together the organization raised three hundred thousand dollars through donations for the soldiers of the war. Reed wrote to General Washington with her plan to give the soldiers the money the women had raised, yet he denied her plan, proposing that the women use the money to create clothing for the men instead. The women began to buy linen and create shirts for the American soldiers. Reed’s organization was one of many similar groups across the nation, yet hers raised the most donations and thus influenced other women in other areas to do the same. When Esther passed away quite young, Benjamin Franklin’s daughter Sarah, took over and finished the amazing venture. Despite her hometown roots, Esther Reed grew into an American Patriot that influenced and motivated women to follow her
In the United States during the 1800's, the Civil War had broken out and the need for disaster relief emerged. Their had not been a specific organization or person to adminster aid to the wounded until Clara Barton came about. She had a unique ability to identify people who were underserved and easily forgotten.Clara took a courageous stand by nursing and caring for wounded soldiers. In addition to her battlefield work, she went on to search for the missing and dead soldiers of the Civil War and establish the American Associaton of the Red Cross. Clara Barton took a stand when others were falling and need help.
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.