Women And The American Revolution Wendy Martin Summary

Wendy Martin’s article titled “Women and the American Revolution,” presents the lives of women during the revolution in America and the challenges they encountered. In the article, women are evidenced to experience tough moments that altered their lives emotionally and socially. As men engaged in combat, women adopted male dominated jobs, such as taking care of farms and working in factories. In addition, some women pursued roles in military operations in conjunction with men. Wendy argues that the obligations of women transformed significantly from taking care of family to taking on professions that men had left behind to engage in battles. They also faced increased challenges such as fatal diseases and inflated prices. The role of women was difficult as …show more content…
However, one of the article’s weaknesses is the over emphasis of women’s political restrictions in addition to their societal confinement where they were forced to remain at home and manage all household activities. Another weakness of the article is that the author has not fairly interpreted the evidence. The author does not maintain neutrality in her article because her article portrays men as unappreciative and miserly to women. Even though women were restrained to perform domestic roles, it was due to the American Revolution and not the men’s fault.
In conclusion, Wendy Martin has displayed the significant function that women played during the American Revolution. The author uses several supporting documents and facts to justify her argument behind what the women had to endure. The strength of the article is the utilization of primary sources such as poems, letters and diaries written by women during the revolution in the article. However, the weaknesses of the article is the over emphasis of the political restriction of women and biasness through the depiction of men as