During the american revolution, many women contributed to the cause of independence by:

They made materials like homespun cloth, working in many service departments to help support the army and even going as far as working as spies. They also did extra stuff like fundraisers, supply trips for the military, working as cooks or custodians in military bases and nurses at the infirmary to tend to any wounded soldiers.

Business owners should be taxed to pay for workers' retirement  was not part of karl marx's beliefs according to das kapital or the communist manifesto, due to fact that the workers accroding to him should take over means of production