The American Revolution for Kids - Famous Women in the American Revolution Illustration

The American Revolution - Women in the War

For Kids: To win a country, the Continental army needed the help and participation of all its colonists. Even in colonial times, women participated in many activities to help win our freedom. To name just a few of the many brave women whose actions helped in the successful outcome of the American Revolutionary War, here are their stories:

Deborah Sampson - they said women couldn't serve

Liberty's Kids - Sybil Ludington (video, animated)

Esther Reed - raising money

Lydia Darragh - Quaker, Pacifist, American Spy

Elizabeth Zane - frontier heroine

Elizabeth Burgin and the Prison Ships

Martha Washington

Abigail Adams

Other Famous People of the Revolutionary War for Kids