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Notes on The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America, By Joy Day Buel & Richard Buel Jr. : In the Book the Way of Duty, the life and hardships of Mary Fish Silliman is described with remarkable detail and conveys an understanding of this wom ....

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.... women to unmask their loyalty and patriotism for their country and their men like Kerber states. It was a time for women to step up and take charge of their families while their men were away; this meant assuming all duties of the family not just those patterned around the household. Kerber’s condensed statement is a general evaluation of how women were influenced during the revolution overall. And unknowingly it is practically an immediate parallel to Mary Fish’s life at that time as well. Mary’s capability to defeat a long span of severe depression due to being overwhelmed by a series of losses, such as the loss of her first child Rebe ....