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How were American women were able to fight as soldiers during the revolution

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Women often followed their husbands in the Continental Army. ... These women, known as camp followers, often tended to the domestic side of army organization, washing, cooking, mending clothes, and providing medical help when necessary. Sometimes they were flung into the vortex of battle.

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They never actually fought, they would make food, fix the clothing, wash stuff.

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Women often followed their husbands in the Continental Army. ... These women, known as camp followers, often tended to the domestic side of army organization, washing, cooking, mending clothes, and providing medical help when necessary. Sometimes they were flung into the vortex of battle.

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