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Much has been written over the years about the men of the revolutionary period, but little about the women. In her book Liberty’s Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800, Mary Beth Norton Examines this often-overlooked subject. Norton’s book is divided into two parts. The first part, which consists of the first five chapters, shows the constant patterns of women's lives in the pre-revolutionary period. The second part, which consists of the last four chapters, shows the changing patterns of women's lives in the revolutionary and post-revolutionary period. In other words, part one explains the life of the prewar colonial woman. While part two discusses the changes that would occur for women during and immediately following the war. Her intention is show that the preconceived notions of colonial women does not stand up to close scrutiny. In the first chapter, Norton sets a definite tone for the book, by detailing the differences between the domestic roles of rural women of the colonies with urban women. She details the lives of rural women of the North in comparison to women of the ru