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“The revolutionary moment was neither radical nor a watershed for American women. Those who disregard
America’s commitment to patriarchal rule and plead for a historical interpretation that favors enlightened
exceptionalism have overlooked the conditions that made large-scale change all but impossible at that time
and place.”
Elaine Forman Crane, historian, Ebb Tide in New England: Women, Seaports, and Social Change, 1630–1800,
published in 1998
“The coming of the American Revolution . . . created new opportunities for women to participate in politics.
Responding to men’s appeals, women engaged in a variety of actions in support of the revolutionary cause,
which led women to experience a greater sense of connection to and involvement with the polity. After the war
their political contributions were praised, celebrated, and remembered. . . .Women now were seen as political
beings who had the capacity to influence the course of war, politics, and history.
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