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...

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...

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...

Recovering the Trobaritz 

Did you know there were female troubadours? Discover the poetry and exceptional lives of the trobaritz – female medieval poets.

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