Some female poets at the time used their words to fight for their country

One of the most interesting facts about women during the Revolutionary war is that some female poets at the time used their words to fight for their country. Instead of fighting physically, many women chose to fight with their words; women at the time were able to catalog significant events throughout the war within their poetry about their struggles for genuine equality as well as the terror of their husbands or family members who were put in danger because they chose to fight. Annis Boudinot Stockton was a well-known and renowned female poet of the time; a member of the Mid-Atlantic Writing Circle, Stockton composed poetry on various historical events, including the Revolutionary War. She was the only woman to join the American Whig Society, for which she guarded secret documents during the war, in addition to being a member of the Mid-Atlantic Writing Circle. They recognized Stockton's efforts in securing their papers during the British invasion of Princeton after the American Revolutionary War.

Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, a Mid-Atlantic Writing Circle member, was another notable poet during this period. Unlike Stockton, Fergusson was only mildly sympathetic to the American Revolution. Fergusson's poetry was also more emotive; her writing provides insight into the life of married women during the Revolutionary War.