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What obstacles do you think a women would have to overcome as a soldier in the American Revolution?

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They would probably be met with a lot of other stuff but I think they could still help the war fact that soldiers .
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Answer: They would probably be met with a lot of opposition but i think they could still help the war effort as soldiers.

Step-by-step explanation:

For one women at the time the main roles were household jobs such as cooking and cleaning, so learning things entirely out of their element such as combat would probably be dificult for them but they could learn with combat training.

something else would be a societal standard, these women would most likely get harassed and joked about (much like minority soldiers)..

Lastly, learning to fight would probably be the most difficult as males of the time mostly did the hunting and fought in wars at the time meaning they were more acustomed to seeing death and destruction in war. Along with this the possibility of rapings from the enemy would be eminent, as POWs were a thing and females would give the enemy something to do as a form of torture.

But beyond all this there was indeed a female patriot named deborah sampson I would reccomend you check her story out. Along with this hundreds of women helped fuel the war effort by tended to wounded, cooking for troops, and creating uniforms and gear for the troops.

Thanks for reading all this lol, hope this helps you and have a great day :)

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