The Revolution was fought during a time when women had no rights and were not considered equal to men, but Fast wrote this book well after the women's rights movement. Because of this difference in how women and their roles were viewed, he does not consider them a crucial part, however, in some parts of April Morning Fast he subtly includes how women were important at the beginning of the Revolution. An example of women not being seen as a strong influence is found at the beginning of the book when Adam told his mother he was going to the town hall to see what all the publicity was about whether she approved or not (p. 57) . Adam was not interested in hearing what his mother had to say about him going to the community, so her input on this situation was completely ignored. Fast includes various comments made by characters in this book directed at women to show inequality between the sexes and are often stereotypical. An example of this is when Cousin Simmons tells Adam, “A girl is a frail thing, and she has no easy time in the world until she has a home and a family of her own” (p. 135). During this time of the Revolution, men were supposed to protect and be heroes to the women in their city because women, at the time, were seen as incapable of doing so for themselves. The way Cousin Simmons talked about women in a stereotypical way was how everyone saw women. Fast, including several