6. Document Project 6: Women in the Revolution

Quiz for Document 6.8 Esther De Berdt Reed, The Sentiments of an American Woman, 1780

Quiz for Document 6.8: Esther De Berdt Reed, The Sentiments of an American Woman, 1780

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. In Esther De Berdt Reed’s broadside, she wrote, “This is the offering of the Ladies.” What is the offering to which she referred?

Virtue

Faithfulness

Food

Money

2. What inference can be made about women’s appearances during wartime, based on Esther De Berdt Reed’s broadside?

Appearances were not very important to patriot women.

Female sacrifice, in terms of appearance, could be political.

Vanity was largely popular and respected.

British loyalists usually dressed better than patriots.

3. According to Reed, to whom did American women owe their happiness, peace, and gratitude?

The Continental Army

The British Army

The Loyalist Militia

The American merchants

4. To what activities does Reed call American women to action?

Military service

Protest of tea

Patriotic ornamentation

Pamphlet writing

5. What does Reed’s statement imply about the importance of women during the American Revolution?

Women played no role in the war era.

Women only served in domestic capacities.

Women often exerted political influence.

Women were more politically active than men.

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