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Jan 24, 2019 · On May 28, 1851, a collective gathered at Old Stone Church in Akron, Ohio for the Women’s Rights Convention. Although she was uninvited, Truth spoke up during the meeting. Frances Dana Gage falsely reported Truth's infamous words a decade later in the New York Independent.
- Mary Ball Washington. This is a woman that I personally feel has been forgotten. Granted, her only claim to fame is being George Washington’s mother and, at times, the relationship was known to be a little strained.
- Martha Custis Washington. Martha Custis Washington belongs to the club, which I like to call, “Ladies Who Are Not Well Known In Their Own Right” and is remembered more for whom she married.
- Lucy Flucker Knox. Lucy Flucker Knox was also known by the soldiers as Lady Knox. Although Lucy was, at times, thought to be aloof, she was kind and generous, never hesitating to share her and Henry’s food with starving men and showing compassion for the sick and injured.
- Abigail Adams. Although John Adams could be “cranky and ill-tempered,” just think how grumpy he would have been without the support of his wife of fifty-four years, his “Portia.”
Nov 28, 2016 · Abigail Hartman Rice was an ordinary woman of the Revolutionary Era. She lived with her family about thirty miles outside of Philadelphia in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was an immigrant, who crossed the Atlantic a quarter century before the War for Independence began.
Aug 16, 2017 · Revolutionary America looked to major Enlightenment philosophers for intellectual support for its independence and systems of government. Kerber starts her analysis of women in the revolution by pointing out that the European Enlightenment thinkers were totally without a female voice.
- Deborah Samson // American Soldier
- Prudence Cummings Wright // Minutewoman
- Sybil Ludington // The Female Paul Revere
- Lydia Darragh // Undercover Patriot
- Patience Wright // Sculptor and Spy
- Nanye'hi (Nancy Ward)// Beloved Woman of The Cherokee
- Esther Deberdt Reed // Homefront Heroine
- Agent 355 // Hidden Daughter of The Revolution
- Margaret Corbin // Molly Pitcher
In 1783, a young soldier named Robert Shurtlieff took ill, just another man sickened by the “brain fever” outbreak sweeping through the troops stationed in Philadelphia at that time. After a short struggle with the illness, Shurtlieff appeared near death. A doctor checked the man’s pulse, then rested a hand on his chest to see if he was still breat...
The women of Pepperell, Massachusetts were a patriotic bunch. When they learned of the Boston Tea Party, they burned their tea leaves on the town common. So when Pepperell’s men marched off to war, it’s not surprising that the women decided to form their own militia to protect the remaining townspeople. Prudence “Prue” Cummings Wright, who had just...
On the evening of April 26, 1777, Colonel Henry Ludington received bad news. British forces led by Major General William Tryon had landed on the coast of Connecticut and marched to Danbury, where they destroyed Continental Army supplies. Colonel Ludington was being asked to gather his militia and march for Danbury, 25 miles away. However, Ludington...
George Washington maintained a large spy network, including a number of agents in British-occupied Philadelphia. According to her descendants, one of these was Lydia Darragh, a Quaker woman whose home became a meeting place for British officers. Family legendhas it that she often hid in a closet adjoining the room the officers met in, then smuggled...
Patience Lovell Wright was born in the Colonies, on Long Island. She and her family later moved to Bordentown, New Jersey, where she married a Quaker farmer. However, he died in 1769, and while she was able to stay in her home, she wasn’t able to inherit any of his other property. She began sculpting in waxto support herself. Wright and her sister ...
In a battle against the Creeks, Nanye’hi earned the title of Beloved Woman, giving her a leadership role among the Cherokee. When her husband was killed in the skirmish, she picked up his rifle and led a rout of the enemy. Among her duties as a Beloved Woman was watching over prisoners captured by the Cherokee in raids and warfare. This would becom...
On July 4, 1780, George Washington received a letter from Esther DeBerdt Reed, whose husband knew the general. In the letter, she reported that she and the ladies of Philadelphia had raised $300,000, and asked how it should be spent. Reed had come to the Colonies with her widowed mother only 10 years earlier, but had quickly set out becoming active...
Agent 355 is one of the most mysterious figures of the American Revolution. After more than 200 years, her identity is still unknown. A member of the Culper spy ring, 355 reported to Abraham Woodhull, who went by the alias of Samuel Culper Sr. However, she may have been closer to his fictitious “son,” merchant Robert Townsend, a.k.a. Samuel Culper ...
During the Revolution, women followed along behind the armies on both sides. These camp followers, often the wives or female relatives of soldiers, did laundry, mended clothing, cooked and took on other chores in exchange for food and shelter. However, a few ventured out of the camps and onto the battlefield. Margaret Corbin was one of them. Corbin...
It identifies important strategic, tactical, and rhetorical approaches that supported women’s claims for the vote and influenced public opinion, and shows how the movement was deeply connected to contemporaneous social, economic, and political contexts.
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The victory at Moores Creek Bridge solidified Patriot control of North Carolina and emboldened the Second Continental Congress to move toward independence from Great Britain later in the year.
