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Sarah Fulton, Mother of the Boston Tea Party

Sarah Fulton, Mother of the Boston Tea Party

Memorial stone marker on the site of the home of Sarah Bradlee Fulton, active participant in the American Revolutionary War, via WikiCommons by Mmangan333. Women’s stories, like that of Sarah Fulton, are not always known as well as the men’s stories in the American...

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Why We Need Girls’ Studies: Shauna Pomerantz

Why We Need Girls’ Studies: Shauna Pomerantz

Welcome to the third instalment of Girl Museum’s interview series, Why We Need Girls’ Studies, for 2024. We have many exciting interviews this year with important scholars in the field to get insights about what we are all doing in this space to further our...

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Rebecca Brewton Motte, Sacrifice for Revolution

Rebecca Brewton Motte, Sacrifice for Revolution

Portrait of Rebecca Brewton Motte, via WikiCommons. Born on June 15, 1737, Rebecca Brewton Motte was the daughter of Robert Brewton and Mary Loughton Brewton. She grew up in Charles Town (which would later be known as Charleston), South Carolina and was raised in a...

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Jane Black Thomas, Fierce Heroine

Jane Black Thomas, Fierce Heroine

Jane Black Thomas rides to Cedar Spring to alert the Rebel camp of an upcoming surprise ambush, via WikiTree. Born in 1720 to Robert and Annabelle Waters Black in Chester, Pennsylvania, almost little to none is known about Jane Black’s early life and family life prior...

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Grace and Rachel Martin, Brave Sisters

Grace and Rachel Martin, Brave Sisters

A map of South Carolina and Georgia from the year 1750, before the American War of Independence. The Martin sisters lived in the central North-Western part of the colony during the war, via Wikipedia. In the pages of history, the incredible tale of Grace and Rachel...

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Mary Ludwig Hayes, Water Girl 

Mary Ludwig Hayes, Water Girl 

A painting of Molly Pitcher bravely manning a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division via WikiCommons. Beginning during the American Revolutionary War and continuing through to today, there has been an elusive legend...

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Mary Anna Gibbes, Brave Girl

Mary Anna Gibbes, Brave Girl

Peaceful Retreat Plantation – Mrs. Robert Gibbes’ Place, John’s Island, SC by Charles Fraser, May 1797. Original in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Few records remain of the “Heroine of Stono,” but to begin we know that her name was Mary Anna Gibbes, and...

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Martha Bratton, Clever Heroine

Martha Bratton, Clever Heroine

Martha Bratton and the British officer holding the hook to her neck. She was harshly interrogated and still refused to divulge any valuable information, via WikiCommons. For Martha Bratton, the Revolutionary War started with a bang. In a whirlwind of events, she ended...

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Kate Moore Barry, Heroine of Cowpens

Kate Moore Barry, Heroine of Cowpens

Kate Barry via Military Women's memorial on Facebook Meet Kate Moore (Margaret Catherine Moore Barry) a true American hero! She was born in 1752 on a plantation in South Carolina and was the oldest of ten children in her family. Being the oldest in such a large...

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Penelope Barker, Protest Organizer

Penelope Barker, Protest Organizer

Portrait of Penelope from 1774, at the age of 46, via WikiCommons. What does it mean to be loyal to one’s beliefs, even when it is challenging? This question is particularly tough to answer After all, displaying your allegiance to one cause or another was incredibly...

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