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Hello and welcome to Ben Franklin's World Revisited,

a series of classic episodes that bring fresh perspective to our latest episodes

and had deeper connections to our understanding

of early American history. And I'm your host, Liz Covart. Throughout the American Revolution,

voices of protests echoed across colonial British America, from town meetings and newspaper columns

to rural courthouses and backcountry farms. But while these shouts of resistance often came

from men, the consequences of their protests and actions reverberated through the lives

of women and families, often shaping their decisions, allegiances, and their futures.

In next week's episode, episode 419, we'll be exploring the North Carolina regulator movement,

a topic you've long requested and one that will provide us a look inside a grassroots rebellion.

So in preparation, I thought we should revisit a story that will help us understand how such conflicts

affected those often left out of the political

and historical spotlight. In episode 380, we spoke with Cynthia Kerner, a professor of history

at George Mason University, and the author of The Tori's Wife, a woman in her family in Revolutionary

America. Through the life of Jane Spurgeon, a woman who lived in rural North Carolina, Cynthia helps

us see how the disruptions of the Revolutionary Era shaped women's daily experiences and

their political choices.

During our conversation, Cynthia reveals how women navigated the political divisions and violence of the South Carolina back

country during the American Revolution, why loyalty and resistance often look different

through the lens of family and home life, and what women's story can reveal to us about the

wider costs of the American Revolution. All right, are you ready to revisit this powerful perspective on the American Revolution?

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