Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment | 
pickApproximately 400 women stayed at the Valley Forge encampment with the troops (of which there were 14,000 men). More is known about women like Martha Washington being there, so a lot more in this short book is about upper class women married to officers. That is not the author‘s fault, as the more “common” women such as washerwomen and cooks often didn‘t read or write, so no letters and such were left behind. And although they worked hard 👇
ValerieAndBooks and in some cases were paid, no rosters were kept for these women. 3y
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