What Should Women Do? An analysis of Hannah Griffitts' poem "The Female Patriots"

Hannah Griffitts was a well known writer who used her platform to discuss various political topics. In her poem The Female Patriots she makes a call for her fellow women. What is this call you may ask? She asked for her fellow women in the time of outrageous taxation from Britain to the colonies to take action and use their political voices in the ways they could such as boycotting the goods that had the lofty taxes. This is evident inn the following lines: 

Griffitts' call to action was one of peace which can be tied back to her quaker beliefs. Simply protesting and boycotting the actions and the goods from Britain was her use of her political voice, which also worked as a way of encouragement for her fellow women. Her point in the lines above prove that their patriotism was shown through their actions and they could make a difference in ways other than combat as some of the revolutionists were anticipating.