Women Waging War in the American Revolution

Holly A. Mayer, Professor Emerita of History at Duquesne University, is the author of Belonging to the Army: Camp Followers and Community during the American Revolution and Congress’s Own: A Canadian Regiment, the Continental Army, and American Union.

Makes a genuine contribution to women’s history scholarship on the Revolution. All the essays break new ground in one way or another—addressing topics not previously discussed in the literature, uncovering new information about a subject previously broached but not thoroughly examined, or digging more deeply into the individual wartime experiences of notable women". - Mary Beth Norton, Cornell University, author of Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750–1800"This intriguing collection provides a richly diverse view of the myriad ways women waged war during the fight for American independence. The essays importantly take us into the lives of Black women, Native American women, White women of all classes, women of different regions, and women on all sides of the conflict. Notably, war meant not only sacrifice and hardship for women, but also violence. The homefront was not as safe a space as we tend to think. Just as women and gender historians have revealed how blurred the lines were between public and private, this volume does the same for battlefield and homefront, military and civilian." - Charlene M. Boyer Lewis, Kalamazoo College, author of Ladies and Gentlemen on Display: Planter Society at the Virginia Springs, 1790-1860 "[A] brief overview cannot capture the depth of the research done by each author on their chosen topic, the detail that they put into their analyses, and the novelty of their conclusions. Each chapter deserves careful reading to fully appreciate one tiny facet of women's participation in the war effort." - Journal of Southern History