Question

Women helped provide supplies like __________ for the Continental army. a. food and blankets c. uniforms and guns b. clothing and shoes d. all of the above

Answer 1

Answer is D.) All of the above

Answer 2

Answer:

All of the above is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The American women played an important role during the revolution. Most of them stayed at home and took care of the family and farms while some took part directly in the war. They worked as nurses , spies , camp followers and soldiers. Some of the famous women were Abigail Adams, Kate Barry, Mary Draper, Nancy Hart and Molly Pitcher. Initially the war women nurses were paid two dollars per month but their salaries were raised by the end of the war. Most of the women who became camp follower were poor and worked for food, wife of the soldiers also worked as camp followers. Many women earned their rations by doing laundry and mending for the soldiers and officers.Some women also worked as soldiers by dressing as men.  One such example is of Mary McCauley, when her husband who was an artilleryman collapsed on on June 28, 1778, she started hauling water to the cannons. So we can say that women performed all of the above mentioned duties during the war.