The role of women in the Early Republic is a subject generally overlooked by historians when discussing this era in American history. The triumphs of the Revolution and the first events of the new nation were achieved solely by men. However, women had their own political society and even participated in the Revolution. The role of women began to take a major turn after the war with Great Britain. This was due in part to their involvement in the war and their feminine patriotism. Others believed this was due to young women's easier access to formal education. Whatever the reason, it made women question the social structure of the First Republic. The roles of women evolved at the start of the Republic. However, progress was slow and little change followed after the Revolution. This change in social structure raises two questions. What caused this social change and what was the main setback in the advancement of women's rights? These were the questions of Linda Kreber's Women In The Republic: Intellect And Ideology In Revolutionary America, Caroline Robbins' review of Mary Norton's Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, and Sheila Skemp's review of Mere Equals: The Paradox of Educated Women by Lucia McMahon. in the First American Republic attempted to answer. Each of the writings agrees that women's social equality is changing, but each offers a unique aspect of what has changed and what has slowed the progress of equality. Women In The Republic: Intellect And Ideology In Revolutionary America by Linda Kreber was written to focus on the role of women after the revolution. Kreber analyzed the different roles of women in the revolution and the impact these roles had on women in the republic that followed. ...... middle of article ...... by Skemp, the biggest change in women's rights at the time was educational opportunities for young women. McMahon also believed that motherhood was the greatest setback for women's rights. For each literary work, the questions “what caused the greatest change?” "" and "what was the main setback?" » were the two most important points covered. Works Cited Kreber, Linda K. Women In The Republic: Intellect And Ideology Revolutionary America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, August 1, 1986. Robbins, Caroline. Book Review: Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women. Flight. 104. (Rosemont Pa: Pennsylvanian Magazine of History and Biorgraphy, 1980), 517-519.Skemp, Sheila. Book Review: Mere Equals: The Paradox of Educated Women in the Early American Republic. Flight. 33. (Philadelphia Pa: Journal of the First Republic, 2013), 571-574.