USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Women supported the American Revolution by making homespun cloth, working to produce goods and services to help the army, and even serving as spies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most women carried on with their daily tasks at home, but many took action by boycotting British goods or following their men into war–as cooks, nurses, and care-givers. Some, like Deborah Sampson, disguised themselves as men and joined the battle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some women rode long distances heroically to warn American forces of British plans (Samuelson, 1989). In addition to the women who overtly supported the war efforts, many of them covertly supported it by acting as spies, secret messengers, and performing other intelligence gathering activities.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Philadelphia schoolteacher with Loyalist sympathies, Ann Bates was one of the most successful British spies of the war. Her espionage began in 1778, shortly after she accompanied her husband, a British soldier and gunsmith, to his post in New York.

Detailed explanation-5: -Information during the Revolutionary War was passed along using handwritten letters. Spies used various methods to protect their messages in case they were intercepted by the enemy. These methods included invisible ink, secret codes, and mask letters.