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There were "women of the American Revolution" and there were the Founding Mothers. The Founding Mothers were First Ladies and wives of other signatories of to the Declaration of Independence, and women who played direct important roles, rather than women who happened to live at the time of the revolution.

Women of the American Revolution
 * Abagail Adams
 * Betsy Ross
 * Martha Washington
 * Martha Jefferson
 * Dolly Madison
 * Louisa Adams
 * Mary Ludwig Hays, another camp follower, accompanied her husband John, a member of the 1st Pennsylvania Artillery, into the Monmouth, New Jersey Campaign of 1778. During the battle she supplied water to the troops, thereby receiving the name "Molly Pitcher." Like Corbin before her, when Mary's husband was wounded, she assumed his duties as matross assisting the other artillerymen in the Company. Shortly after the war ended John died and Mary remarried. Unfortunately her second marriage did not last long. She supported herself until her death in 1832 with grants, however unlike Margaret Corbin, never received a military pension. These accounts are only a few of the many examples of women who have served their country since its beginnings, something to be proudly remembered during Women's History Month. Mary originated the quote "These are the times that try men's souls."