struggle against Britain. The goal of these boycotts was to stop the purchase of imported goods

(which could only be purchased from England). For this to be successful, women would have to

increase the production of homespun while finding a way to do without certain products that could

not be obtained locally. This gave women's domestic roles political significance. The success

of this political tactic rested on the shoulders of women. Their participation in politics, even

in this slight way, produced a change in the way women thought of themselves. Prior to the

revolutionary era, should a woman had made a comment about politics, she would instantly

apologize for her 'mistake'. Women no longer t

economic boycotts had no idea what they had started. Women's roles would never be the same.

Even though women's roles had changed through the course of the revolution, the men were

When the women's groups contributed money to the war effort, it was used to purchase shirts for

asked to do what they had previously done. They were not asked to step outside of the feminine

political participation outside of domestic roles. A trend started by Esther Reed, women's

groups started collecting money. This money was collected for the sole purpose of being donated

more than a century before the 19th amendment would be added to the constitution. For the first

feminine domestic responsibilities. The revolutionary era only opened up new ideas which would

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