Table of Contents
Introduction 5
War Clouds Gather
To the Ladies 8
The Homefront
Abigail Adams 12
Alphabet For Little Masters and Misses 1775 12
A Capture in Rhode Island 15
A Hessian Admires the Women 16
Captured by the Indians 18
Aiding the American Military 20
Women React to Looters in South Carolina 26
A Frontier Woman Defends Herself 29
In the Fray
Deborah Sampson 31
Margaret Corbin 36
Molly Pitcher 36
Woman in the Enemy Camps: Baroness von Riedesel 37
On the March
Lady Frankland 43
Jemima Warner 44
Baroness von Riedesel 46
Ann Eliza Bleecker 49
Sarah Osborn 51
Women in Camp
Women at Valley Forge 57
Mrs. Washington in Camp 57
Baroness von Riedesel "on duty" 61
Mrs. Slocum Seeks Her Husband 63
Spies, Smugglers and "Sneaks"
Deborah Champion Carries Dispatches 67
Mrs. Murray Entertains the Enemy 71
Dicey Langston Warns of Danger 73
Mrs. Richardson Helps the Cause 74
Emily Geiger Acts as a Courier 75
Peace 77
Endnotes to Alphabet for Little Masters and Misses 79
