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• Before we get into our topics for this week I just want to remind everyone in the class that all written work is submitted to Turitin.com before it is graded.
• This is KU policy and I just want to mention that plagiarism is not something I like to deal with, but if it shows up according to the KU/Turinitin.com Report then I have to deal with it.
• Academic honesty is one of KU’s highest priorities.
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 Crisp Point (northern Luce County, MI) is a surviving example of what was a “life saving” station once maintained by the United States government.
Men were stationed here and at other stations like it with small boats, and were at the constant ready, to rescue sailors from ships that got into distress on
Lake Superior during storms.
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Wars are a dramatic time of change for any society that experiences them. Some consequences of war are positive, while others are negative. Furthermore, wars affect people differently depending on their race, class, religion, and of course gender. The American
Revolution fit this transformational model well.
Although every woman's experience was different, we can make some generalizations.
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 For example, women expanded the boundaries of what had been seen as acceptable in the world of work. Women gained newfound political importance, yet this status was still tied to their identity as wives and mothers. Whatever their circumstance, nearly all women saw their lives change to some degree as a result of the American Revolution.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this unit, you should be able to
Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on diverse groups of women.
Evaluate the changing religious lives of diverse groups of women in the Revolutionary era.
Examine changes in societal views about women's education.
Source: KU class web site SS360
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Course Outcomes:
Demonstrate how socially constructed notions of gender, race, ethnicity, and class have shaped the reality of women’s lives
Assess the impact of historical events on the social, political, and economic status of diverse groups of women
Analyze the philosophical, artistic, and literary contributions of women to American culture
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Source: KU class web site SS360.
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 Reading: You will read chapter 3 in Through
Women's Eyes.
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Source: KU class web site SS360.
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 Discussion: We will discuss a wide variety of topics from the Revolutionary Era, including the variety of effects the American Revolution had on women and the role of women in the Great Awakening.
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 Seminar: We will examine the range of tasks women took on during the revolution and the way women were portrayed during and after the war.
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 Project: You will write a 2-3 page paper investigating the shifting value of education in the lives of Revolutionary era women.
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This week’s seminar question…
Why do you think it is important to study the history of American women?
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In the Introduction to Through Women’s Eyes, the authors identify three integrating themes or categories in women’ s history. Which do you find the most interesting and why?
The three integrating themes are …
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Work and the Sexual Division of Labor.
Gender and the Meaning of Politics.
The Role of Family and Personal Life.
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Some Key Women from the Revolutionary time …
Molly Brandt (Mohawk) consort to Sir William
Johnson – after his death she had unusual wealth and status in the Mohawk community which she returned to.
Sarah Osborn pg 132 “bullets would not cheat the gallows.” She was present at Yorktown.
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More Key Women
Esther DeBerdt Reed (wife of the governor of PA).
Sarah Franklin-Bache (daughter of Ben Franklin)
Both these women raised money for the war effort
Contributed 2200 shirts for soldiers with the name of the seamstress sewed into each shirt.
Together they raised about $300, 000.
The Ladies Association of Philadelphia.
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Camp followers.
Female cross dressers as soldiers.
George Washington’s attitude on women and the war.
Molly Pitcher – (perhaps Mary Hays-McCauley).
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War Results on …
• Native Women
• African American Women
• White Women
• The Great Awakening and Women
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I hope you have enjoyed our third seminar, and I look forward to reading your Discussion Board responses this week.
This is it for this week. Have a good week and we will chat again next Wednesday.
 Rick Elder, KU
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