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Hidden Histories of the American Revolution: Women

A virtual book display featuring our current holdings for exploring the founding of our nation

The Daring Exploits of Elizabeth, Grace, and Rachel Martin

Lithograph of Grace and Rachel Martin disguised as Continental soldiers attacking two British soldiers and a courier in South Carolina’s Ninety-Six District The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library

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Noteworthy Documents

Women and spinning bees support boycott of British cloth. (1768)
Fifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina sign a declaration to boycott British goods. (1774)
Ladies' Association of Philadelphia begins fund-raising for Continental Army. (1780)

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Abigail Adams

Martha Washington

Mercy Otis

Molly Pitcher

Catharine Moore Barry

Nancy Hart

Phyllis Wheatley

Deborah Sampson

Prudence Wright

Lucy Knox

Catharine Greene

Sybil Ludington

Books

Podcasts

DAR our patriots podcast

This episode, "Revolutionary War Women," features a discussion of the remarkable lives of Phyllis Wheatley and the Brewster Sisters.

Molly Pitcher

Molly Pitcher - From Ten American Girls from History (1917)

The Gutenburg Press