Article Critique.
Mary-Kate Bane,
Hey Mary-Kate, your essay is fascinating and educative too. However, I want to differ with your opinion regarding your opinion that women had made a lot of significant efforts in the success of the American Revolution. This is not true considering the fact that it is actually Men who were in the battlefields putting their lives on the line in order for their wives and children to benefit from the fruits of the revolution. When you mention that, “they were not allowed to vote or hold political office they were still regarded as political agents and political beings,” it does contradict the fact that women were still denied voting rights a century after the revolution. Therefore, much of women’s effort did not have a significant impact on the revolution.
Gina Randazzo,
Gina, I’ve enjoyed reading your essay. Still, I don’t agree with your opinion simply because the American Revolution resulted in the improved economic and social welfare of all people in America, and the lack of political participation of women does not justify that women did not benefit from the revolution.Your quoted saying, “The intense demand for unskilled labor during the war, exacerbated by a temporary halt in the foreign slave trade, endangered the well-being of free blacks, as well as slave women,” which is not true because slavery affected the male gender the most.
Ashlyn Jones,
It is not true that women did not benefit from the war simply because they did not get a share of political aspects. When you say that“This is not to say they were compliant and useless in the American Revolution,” then you ignore the fact that what women were doing e.g., boycotts on English products, had ripple effect past the revolution. Women had gained more experience and power to push for their rights much later in time, which saw the success of women moments today.