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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...
Nanye’hi, Cherokee Peacemaker
Photo of Nanye’hi’s tomb in Tennessee honoring her life as a “constant friend of the American Pioneer”, via WikiCommons. Growing up as an indigenous person in wartime America was incredibly tough. Not only did the people witness the battle for American independence,...
Patience Wright, American Wax Sculptor and Spy
Painting of Patience Wright by Robert Edge Pine, via WikiCommons. Unfortunately, reflection on famous female artists pre-1960 yields quite limited results. For many centuries, art was considered to be a “man’s profession,” and while there were women who engaged in the...
Lydia Darragh, Super Spy
Painted portrait of middle-aged Lydia Darragh in a bonnet, artist unknown, via WikiCommons When people imagine spies today, they typically envision sauve agents, decked out in the most innovative gadgets their time could offer or dressed up in an outfit that perfectly...
Prudence Cummings Wright, Minutewoman
A modern bridge in Pepperell Massachusetts, approximately where the minutewoman ambushed the British, via WikiCommons. The word “prudent” means to be cautious and careful, and in turn the name “Prudence” intends to invoke the same characteristics in the woman to whom...
Deborah Sampson, Soldier Girl
Portrait of Deborah Sampson done in 1797 by Herman Mann, via Wikipedia. How many female soldiers do you know? Chances are, even if you have never met one personally, you have probably seen some women in the military within your lifetime. While it is normal for women...
Margaret Cochran Corbin, Camp Heroine
Plaque in Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park remembering Margaret's bravery and fighting spirit. “Molly Pitcher” is a legend heard by many Americans growing up, and often used as a blanket term to describe the elusive women who fought in battle during the Revolutionary War....
Esther DeBerdt Reed, Founder of The Ladies of Philadelphia
Portrait of Esther, via WikiCommons. During the time surrounding the Revolutionary War, women often found themselves relegated to the private sphere, meaning that much of their accepted work and socializing took place within the home and their public presence was...
Mercy Otis Warren, American Conscience
A portrait of Mercy Otis Warren posing from 1763, via Wikipedia. Mercy Otis Warren was a leading political and literary figure during the American Revolution. Known as the “Conscience of the American Revolution,” Mercy became an outspoken figure for women’s access to...
Lucy Knox, Family Traitor
Portrait of Lucy’s daughter bearing the same name, Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher, via Wikipedia. The Revolution divided families and communities based on loyalty to the crown. At the age of 14, Lucy Flucker Knox joined the ranks of traitors - abandoning her family’s...