Republican Motherhood The following primary sources are provided in order to promote a deeper understanding of women’s roles in emerging United States before, during, and after the Revolutionary War. Patriotic Poesy A Society of Patriotic Ladies Judith Sargent Murray Benjamin Rush – Thoughts Upon Female Education Martha Laurens Ramsay Mary Wollstonecraft Emma Hart Willard Catharine Maria Sedgwick Alexis de Tocqueville