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After the war, women marched in parades, lobbied and petitioned legislators, attended sessions of Congress, and participated in political rallies—lending their support to particular candidates or factions. Elite women published novels, poems, and plays.
Whether Mexican loyalist or Texas patriot, elite planter or subsistence farm wife, slaveholder or slave, Anglo or black, women helped settle the Texas frontier and experienced the uncertainty, hardships, successes, and sorrows of the Texas Revolution.
Although shorter than most conflicts, the Texas Revolution nonetheless profoundly affected not only the leaders and armies, but the survivors, especially women, who endured those tumultuous events and whose lives were altered by the accompanying political, social, and economic changes.
Whether Mexican loyalist or Texas patriot, elite planter or subsistence farm wife, slaveholder or slave, Anglo or black, women helped settle the Texas frontier and experienced the uncertainty, hardships, successes, and sorrows of the Texas Revolution.
14 maj 2024 · During the American Revolution, women were the driving force behind the boycotts of British goods like tea and cloth. They also aided the army as camp followers, helped raise money to support the war, and managed their husbands' estates while they were away.
1 wrz 2013 · A volume on women in the Texas Revolution of 1835–1836 is a welcome addition to a historiography that focuses on the exploits of men. The Republic of Texas
10 wrz 2018 · The American Revolution was at once a military conflict, a political movement, and an event with social and cultural causes, consequences, and meaning for the women who lived in North America.
