Women of the American Revolution

She helped her husband put cannon balls in the cannons.

• Martha Washington

• Margaret Cochran Corbin

• She was also called Captain Molly

• Mary Ludwig Hays

She wrote her husband letters and talked with him about women's rights.

• Margaret Cochran Corbin

• Martha Washington

• Abigail Adams

• Phillis Wheatley

She was called the female Paul Revere because she warned the Connecticut colonists about a British attack.

• Sybil Ludington

• Molly Pitcher

• Margaret Cochran Corbin

• Abigail Adams

She gathered supplies and knitted socks and scarves for her husband's soldiers.

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Washington

• Sybil Ludington

• Molly Pitcher

She recorded the events of the American Revolution

• Phillis Wheatley

• Molly Pitcher

• Martha Washington

• Mercy Otis Warren

She had to disguise herself as a man to join the Continental Army.

• Mary Ludwig Hayes

• Margaret Cochran Corbit

• Deborah Samson

• Phillis Wheatley

This free African American wrote inspirational poetry.

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Mary Ludwig Hays

• Abigail Adams

• Phillis Wheatley

She took over for her husband at the cannon and worked there all day during a Revolutionary War battle.

• Margaret Cochran Corbin

• Mary Ludwig Hays

• Molly Pitcher

• Martha Washington

Based on our reading, these two women were camp followers.

• Mary Ludwig Hays

• Margaret Cochran Corbin

• Martha Washington

• Abigail Adams

Both of these women were First Ladies or the wives of men who would later become presidents of the United States

• Phillis Wheatley

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Martha Washington

• Abigail Adams