In the American Revolutionary Era, non-consumption and non-importation of British goods, became the two instruments for the American resistance against British taxation without representation. Patriot Women contributed to the non-importation by creating the Homespun Movement. In the Homespun Movement, women spun their own cloth to make clothing, instead of purchasing clothing made of imported British materials. Women played significant roles, by joining the non-consumption movements, by promising to abstain purchasing British goods. Women continued to help in the patriot cause through organizations, like the Ladies Association in Philadelphia, in which women, such as, Esther Deberdt Reed or Sarah Franklin Bache, collected funds to assist in
