The Gender Construction Of Women In Revolutionary By Alex Meyers

Revolutionary by Alex Meyers is a historical fiction story about a brave and powerful woman named Deborah Sampson. Throughout history women have been pushed aside by men who believe women are enable of fighting in wars. Even though this is the case women throughout history have proved to men that they are stronger and more able than most to do the job men are supposed to do. In the revolutionary war, there are maybe a dozen known women including Deborah Sampson who are given glory to their part in the war. Even though there are only about a dozen women that are recognized for what they did, there were probably way more who had a part in America’s victory. This gender construction women have been faced with is something that has been hard for women to overcome even in society today. In Revolutionary, Alex Meyers depicts how women had to hide their identity just to have part in a war that determined their future. He shows throughout his book the gender construction that women faced back then, and it is still a problem in society today.
Patience was a sculptor and a spy for the American side. She was a born American who traveled to London and became a favorite of many British including the king and queen. After swooning the British she started gathering sensitive information for the Americans and would send it back to American leaders in her wax sculptures. Patience also took the Colonies’ case directly to the king and queen, but after showing too much support for the colonist, the higher ups in London started distancing themselves from her. Then the American leaders started distancing themselves from Patience because they felt like she was stalking them and had a creepy obsession for the men. Whether Patience really wanted to help these men or not she sent a letter to Washington and Thomas Jefferson before she died