What social change did the American Revolution bring about regarding gender roles?
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Revolutionary Changes and Limitations: Women
Judith Sargent Murray
Playwright, essayist and poet, Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820) is considered one of the first public champions of women's rights in the U.S.
The Revolutionary rethinking of the rules for society also led to some reconsideration of the relationship between men and women. At this time, women were widely considered to be inferior to men, a status that was especially clear in the lack of legal rights for married women. The law did not recognize wives' independence in economic, political, or civic matters in Anglo-American society of the eighteenth century.
Even future FIRST LADIES had relatively little clout. After the death of her first husband, DOLLEY TODD MADISON, had to fight her deceased spouse's heirs for control of his estate. And Abigail Adams, an early advocate of women's rights, could only encourage her husband John, to "REMEMBER THE LADIES" when drawing up a new federal government. She could not participate in the creation of this government, however