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came from women selling their jewelry
and silver. With unwavering support for
the Stuarts, women, such as Jean Cameron,
Anne Mackintosh, and Lady Charlotte
Lude, gathered men for the army
to fight for Prince Charles. Women,
such as in the Oglethorpe family, played
roles in espionage and in planning international
support for Stuart landings
in Scotland of both the 1715 and 1745
rebellions. Women worked as a communication
system throughout Scotland,
England, and mainland Europe
through letters to friends, family, and
colleagues. Jacobite women were proud
to support a cause they believed in, noble
and commoner alike. Without women
and their acts of service and heroism
to the Stuart cause, the Jacobite
cause would have fizzled out long before
the final uprising of 1745.
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