Nancy Hart

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Color illustrations of three women from the 18th century set against a white paper background, including a Black woman in a blue dress and white bonnet, a white woman loading a cannon, and a white woman holding a rifle. The text "daughters of the revolution" appears in capital letters.

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American Revolution heroine

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Color illustrations of three women from the 18th century set against a white paper background, including a Black woman in a blue dress and white bonnet, a white woman loading a cannon, and a white woman holding a rifle. The text "daughters of the revolution" appears in capital letters.

What were the roles of women in the American Revolution?

Women weren't passive observers to the war around them.

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Nancy Hart

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Nancy Hart holding British soldiers at gunpoint during the American Revolutionary...

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