Daughters of Liberty

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The Daughters of Liberty were a group of colonial American women who organized boycotts, produced homemade goods, and supported the Patriot cause during the lead-up to the American Revolution.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Daughters of Liberty canonical 1
women of the American Revolution 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Patriot group ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
women's organization ⓘ
activeIn American Revolution ⓘ
American Revolutionary period ⓘ
activity encouraging use of American-made goods ⓘ
organizing spinning bees ⓘ
political discussion in domestic spaces ⓘ
public demonstrations of spinning ⓘ
spinning and weaving homespun ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American independence movement ⓘ
Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act 1765

Townshend duties crisis ⓘ
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic activism ⓘ
politics ⓘ
women's rights history ⓘ
formedInPeriod 1760s ⓘ
hasGenderFocus women ⓘ
hasHistoricalCategory American Revolution women ⓘ
Patriot organizations in the American Revolution ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to effectiveness of colonial boycotts ⓘ
early example of organized female political activism in North America ⓘ
ideology American republicanism ⓘ
linked to: Republicanism

anti-taxation without representation ⓘ
influenced development of women's political identity in America ⓘ
public opinion against British imports ⓘ
knownFor organizing boycotts of British goods ⓘ
political activism by women ⓘ
producing homespun cloth ⓘ
promoting domestic manufacturing ⓘ
supporting nonimportation agreements ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location British America ⓘ
movement Patriot cause ⓘ
opposedTo British imperial policy ⓘ
Stamp Act ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act 1765

Townshend Acts ⓘ
partOf Patriot movement in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
relatedTo Sons of Liberty ⓘ
roleInSociety mobilizing household consumption for political ends ⓘ
supported American independence ⓘ
Continental resistance to British rule ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
usedTactic economic boycott ⓘ
moral suasion within households ⓘ
symbolic use of homespun clothing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edenton Tea Party → relatedTo → Daughters of Liberty ⓘ
Nancy Hart → associatedWithGroup → women of the American Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Daughters of Liberty