1124: Mary Musgrove Helped Found the Colony of Georgia (Now the State of Georgia in the United States of America) Born: c.1700, Coweta, Creek Nation (Present-day Georgia, United States of America) Died: c.1763, St. Catherines Island, Colony of Georgia (Present-day St. Catherines Island, Georgia, United States of America) Also Known As: Coosaponakeesa Mary’s father was…
Category: Colonial America
1120) Margaret Brent
1120: Margaret Brent The First Woman in the North American Colonies to Appear Before a Court of Common Law Born: c.1601, Gloucester, England (Present-day Gloucester, England, United Kingdom) Died: c.1671 Westmoreland County, The Colony of Virginia (Present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States of America) Margaret came to the colonies in 1638 alongside several of her…
1093) Mercy Otis Warren
“Every domestic enjoyment depends on the unimpaired possession of civil and religious liberty.” 1093: Mercy Otis Warren A Woman of Many Words Born: 14 September 1728, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: 19 October 1814, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America Mercy was a Political Writer, Historian, and Propagandist…
1060) Betty Zane
“You have not one man to spare; a woman will not be missed in the defense of the fort…’Tis better a maid than a man should die.” (Betty’s supposed words when someone suggested a man go for the gunpowder instead of her) 1060: Elizabeth “Betty” Zane Famed Revolutionary War Volunteer Born: c.1759-1766, The Colony of…
1059) Emily Geiger
1059: Emily Geiger Revolutionary War Patriot Born: c.1765, The Colony of South Carolina (Present-day South Carolina, United States of America) Died: c.1825, South Carolina, United States of America Emily was a civilian volunteer who offered to ride across seventy miles of dangerous terrain to deliver a message during the war when she was only eighteen….
1058) Nancy Hart
1058: Nancy Hart Spy, Scout, and Soldier During the American Revolution Born: 1735, The Colony of North-Carolina (Present-day Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America [or possibly Pennsylvania, sources differ])* Died: 1830, Present-day Henderson County, Kentucky, United States of America Original Name: Ann Morgan Nancy made it her personal mission to rid Georgia of…
1057) Hannah White Arnett
1057: Hannah White Arnett Patriot During the American Revolution Born: 15 January 1733, The Colony of New York (Present-day Bridgehampton, New York, United States of America) Died: 10 January 1823 (or 1824, sources differ), Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America Hannah is best remembered today for stopping a group of American men from deserting…
1056) Margaret Corbin
“She’s an army spouse, and then an army widow, and then she was a soldier, and then she was a wounded soldier, and then she was a prisoner of war, and then she was a veteran. I really think of her as that building block for women in the military.” -Jennifer Minus, Veteran and Member…
988) Frederika von Riedesel
“I was an eyewitness of the whole affair [the Battle of Saratoga]…. I knew my husband was in the midst of it…. I shivered at every shot.” 988: Baroness Frederika von Riedesel Accompanied Her Husband During the Revolutionary War and Later Wrote a Book of Her Recollections Born: 11 July 1746, Brandenberg, Kingdom of Prussia…
943) Penelope Barker
“Maybe it has only been men who have protested the king up to now. That only means we women have taken too long to let our voices be heard. We are signing our names to a document, not hiding ourselves behind costumes like the men in Boston did at their tea party. The British will…