Analysis Of Revolutionary Mothers By Carol Berkin

Carol Berkin, the author of Revolutionary Mothers, informs us in her book about obstacles, and conflicts that women from previous centuries encounter. This book pinpoints some changes in history that have given women the rights they have today. Carol Berkin starts off her book on how life was in the 16th and 17th century for women. They focused on their households, and families. They left the intellectual issues, and education up to the men. If married, they were at the mercies of their husbands, and if they were single, they were at the mercies of their fathers or male family members. Women did not have many rights, and were helpmeets to their husbands to help the family be successful. In the 1700s, things changed a bit. Women who were wealthy were no longer having to complete household tasks; they had servants to do it for them. Berkin referred to …show more content…
Women had proven that they could adapt to handling many things during the war that men would do prior. Even though they had proved they could do these various tasks, most of the roles reverted to pre-war times. The reasoning for this varied; one reason was that families may have wanted a sense of normalcy back in their lives. Another, was that the war had been difficult and an unhappy time so women were willing to return a subordinate position to have an easier happy life. Regardless of the reason, the result was that the economic, and legal status of women remained unchanged after the Revolutionary War. The book, Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for Independence, was wonderfully explained on what women did before, during, and after the Revolutionary war. It is an engaging book as the author explains the roles of various women and their cultures. The book is an enlightening perspective on the time era before and after the Revolutionary War. It also helps us understand how the women from that time helped make our country how it is