美国妇女与南北战争.ppt

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1、WomenoftheAmericanRevolutionAMAZINGWOMENinWARandPEACEHistoryravesabouttheheroicsofmeninwar…butfewinstancesarementionedinwhichfemalecouragewasdisplayed.Yetduringeveryconflict,andthepeacefulyearsbetween,theytoowerethere.verses1776MargaretCochranCorbinMargaretfoughtalongsideherhusbandintheAmericanRevo

2、lutionaryWar.Sheoftencookedforthemen,washedtheirlaundryandnursedwoundedsoldiers.Shealsowatchthedrillsandnodoubtlearnedthem.MargaretCochranCorbinOnNovember16,1776,whilestationedatFortWashington,NewYork,thefortwasattackedbyBritishandHessianTroops.HerhusbandJohnwasinchargeofthecannonandMargaretassiste

3、dhim.SometimelaterJohnwaskilled,butMargaretcontinuedloadingandfiringthecannonbyherselfuntilshewaswoundedbyagrapeshotwhichtorehershoulder,mangledherchestandlaceratedherjaw.MargaretCochranCorbinThefortwascapturedbytheBritish,butthewoundedweresetfree.TheyferriedMargaretacrosstheriverandthentransported

4、herallthewaytoPhiladelphiainawagon.Sheneverrecoveredfullyfromherwoundsandwasleftwithoutuseofherleftarmfortherestofherlife.MargaretCochranCorbinMargaretisburiedbehindtheOldCadetChapelatWestPointwhichisneartheplaceofthebattle,inFortTryonParkinNewYorkCity,abronzeplaquecommemoratesMargaretCorbin"thefir

5、stAmericanwomantotakeasoldier’spartintheWarforLiberty”.ShewasthefirstwomantoreceivepensionfromtheUnitedStatesgovernmentasadisabledsoldier.MarthaWashingtonInthewinterMarthawouldknitsocksforthesoldiersandmendtheirclothing.Shewouldfeedthesickandthewounded.Herwarmsmileandsoftwordscomfortedmanysoldiers.

6、SybilLudingtonFemalePaulRevereSybilLudingtonwasatypical16yearoldgirlin1777.OnApril26,1777,wordreachedherhousethattheBritishwereburningthetownofDanbury,Connecticut,whichwasonly25milesaway.HerfatherwasacolonelinthelocalmilitiaandhismenwerescatteredoverawideareaaroundtheLudingtonhouse.Sybilconvincedh

7、erfathertoletherrideandsummonthemen.SybilLudingtonSherodeonhorsebackover40milesondark,unmarkedroadstospreadthealert.Sherodealonewithonlyasticktoprodherhorseandtoknockonthedoorsspreadingthealertintime.Themen