Tea Caddy Used at Edenton Tea Party in 1774

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Here are some specific points from the sources cited: 1. Linda Grant DePauw, Founding Mothers: Women in America in the Revolutionary Era (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975), 156: * Women's participation in revolutionary activities increased as their rights and opportunities expanded during the late colonial period. 2. Carol Berkin, Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005), 20: * The Revolutionary War presented both challenges and opportunities for women to assume new roles and exercise increased authority within their families and communities. 3. Carol Berkin, Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005), 21: * Women participated in boycotts and other acts of resistance against British taxation and tyranny, demonstrating their commitment to the patriot cause. 4. Joan R. Gundersen, To Be Useful to the World: Women in Revolutionary America, 1740-1790 (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2006), 175: * Women played important roles as wives, mothers, and caregivers within their families, managing household responsibilities while also supporting their husbands' revolutionary activities. 5. Charles E. Claghorn, Women Patriots of the American Revolution: A Biographical Dictionary (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1991) 19: * Women such as Deborah Sampson and Phyllis Baker served in various roles, including espionage, propaganda dissemination, and nursing, further demonstrating their significant contributions to the revolutionary cause.