Margaret Corbin

ones extended to the service for the country. Molly Pitcher was loyal to her husband who was part of the Revolutionary War so she got into the war and took over her husband’s job. “The story of Molly Pitcher shares much in common with that of Margaret Corbin, who fired the cannons during the Battle of Fort Washington following the death of her husband.” (Coletta) Mary Katherine Goddard also showed loyalty towards her loved one. She followed her brother and worked for the newspaper. “With William…

Women in today’s society are not getting the credit they deserve. Sexism is one of the leading issues in our world today, and can be solved by gender equality. Genders are not restricted to certain roles in our society, for example in the nursing field women tend to overrule the job availability. Another example displaying gender inequality is men working in the engineering industry. There is a constant struggle between gender equality in this world and it starts from basic actions such as…

There were some famous female soldiers that went to war with the men, such as Deborah Sampson. She fought under the alias of Robert Shurtliff in New York, 1781. She served for almost over a year before she was discovered. Another brave woman was Margaret Corbin, she went into the war, fought with her husband and the other 600 American soldiers as to defend the Fort Washington in New York. “These female soldiers usually disguised themselves as men by cutting their hair, binding their breasts with…

The American Revolution can be considered one of the defining moments in United States history. Fuelled by their displeasure with the acts and taxes levied against them by the British Crown and lack of representation in Parliament, colonists from the Thirteen Colonies banded together in a rebellion that would lead to the founding of a new nation. Though rooted in foreign politics, the war would have a surprising effect on the disenfranchised members of colonial society. Those who had previously…

Women oppression has had such a big influence on women that at one point in history, they were not even allowed to help defend their country because they were seen as “weak.” They were only allowed to cater towards the men who were fighting. Eventually, women in America got tired of being treated as inferior human beings. Women’s roles in the military have changed immensely throughout history, and the transitions women have made has greatly impacted militaries everywhere. Before women were…