Mid-Term Essay on Revolutionary Mothers: Women In The Struggle for Americas Independence by Carol Berkin. Requires book to be read (141 pages excluding table of contents/works cited). Must answer four guiding questions 1). In which ways did women on the patriots and the loyalists side make contributions to The Revolutionary War? 2). Why did these different groups of women play their specific roles? 3). How did their contributions to The Revolutionary War specifically help further the equality of women overall and within their respective communities?