Mercy Otis Warren

(noun)

Mercy Otis Warren (September 24, 1728 – November 25, 1814) was a political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution.

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  • Abigail Adams
  • Republican Motherhood

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  • Gender and Politics

    • For the most part, women confined their politics to their letters and diaries, but a few women, such as Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Mercy Otis Warren, entered the political arena as public figures.
    • Mercy Otis Warren was a political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution.
    • While topics such as politics and war were thought to be the province of men, Warren was an exception.
    • Prior to the American Revolution, in 1772, during a political meeting at the Warren's home, they formed the Committees of Correspondence along with Samuel Adams.
    • While politics remained the domain of men during the Revolutionary War, Mercy Otis Warren challenged this assumption.
  • The Status of Women

    • For the most part, women confined their politics to their letters and diaries, but a few women, such as Abigail Adams, pictured in , and Mercy Otis Warren, entered the political arena as public figures.
    • Adams was wife to John Adams and mother to John Quincy Adams while Mercy Otis Warren was a political writer and propagandist.
  • The Founding Mothers

    • Another privileged member of the revolutionary generation, Mercy Otis Warren, also challenged gender-based assumptions and traditions during the revolutionary era.
    • Warren, born in Massachusetts, published anti-British works actively opposing British reform measures before the outbreak of fighting in 1775.
    • By publishing her work, Warren stepped out of the female sphere and into the otherwise male-dominated arena of public life.
    • It is important to note that Adams, Murray, and Warren all came from privileged backgrounds.
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