Daughters of Liberty

This article is about the 18th century anti-British colonial American woman's organization. For 19th and 20th century anti-immigrant US woman's organization, see Order_of_United_American_Mechanics § Daughters_of_Liberty.

The Daughters of Liberty was known as the formal female association that was formed in 1765 to protest the Stamp Act, and later the Townshend Acts; it was a general term for women who identified themselves as fighting for liberty during the American Revolution. “Daughters of Liberty” could also be used colloquially to refer to women, any women who partook in revolutionary actions during the American Revolution. Those actions included but were not limited to boycotts, economic ventures, combat, or espionage.

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