Women in the Revolution

Emily Geiger was a very important spy in the revolution she was a messenger. One day General greene was looking for a person to take a message to another General. She said that if she had any trouble with the british she would just say she was going to visit family. So General Greene said she could take the note. She got on a horse a started on her journey and the sun started to set. Tories invited her to spend the night and she did because she did not wanting them to find out that she was a patriot. The next day she got up early,got on her horse and left. The next day she was caught by the british and they took her to there camp. They sent out for a tory women to search her and so while they waited for the women to get there Emily read the letter on last time and tore the letter up and ate it and when the soldiers found a tory women. The women searched her and didn’t find anything so they sent Emily on her way. Emily finally got to the other camp and told the other General the message

Caption Molly was lived in a camp with other women and children the camp was for families how had some in the army. Caption Molly husband was in the army. One day the british attack the camp she was staying in and the soldiers there fought but did not win and Molly’s husband got shot and dies in the attack and Molly got hurt.The women and children got on a boat and went to another fort after the attack.

Sibyl Ludington goes on a horse to round up her father’s army. April 27, 1776 Sibyl’s dad’s troops attack the British and the British retreat. That night tories surround her home and she comes up with a plan and to scares the tories off and it did.

Deborah Samson was a slave she wanted to fight in the army but she could not2 reasons she was a girl and she was a slave. Her owner said that she had to stay home tutor her 10 boys. One day she stitched together a uniform and cut her to make herself look like a boy. Then went to sign up for the army. Got hurt in the bate and had to go to the doctor. The doctor did find out her secret and to her to her hose and let her recover there.After that her Journey did not end there she got married and had 3 children. Gave many speeches about how it was fighting in the army as a girl. She also gave speeches about how it was like being the first women in the army.

That is just some of the women in the Revolution I learned about.