Term | Definition |
Margaret Corbin | Went to war with her husband and took over the cannon when her husband was shot. First woman to receive a pension from the war. |
Esther de Berdt | From London resided in Philadelphia, member of Daughters of Liberty and raised money for war efforts. |
Nancy Ward | Cherokee tribe on side of the British. Was an arbitrator-try to make peace between sides. |
Phyllis Wheatley | Poet. She was a slave lived in Boston. poetry was about equality. She was praised by George Washington. |
Deborah Sampson | lived in Massachusettes and signed up for the minute men under the name Robert Shifflin, Led a raid on a Tory home. |
Elizabeth Freeman | sued for her freedom in Massachusetts. Heard the Declaration of Independence and knew all men(humans) should be free. Sued and won. first to woman to get freedom |
Sybil Ludington | 16 year old that warned the militia of British coming. She rode 40 miles in the rain. |
Deborah Franklin | Lived in Philadelphia and ran the post office and general store. Strong business woman during the Revolutionary war. |
Abigail Adams | Knew the importance of including women in the newly created declaration of Independence. |
Prudence Wright | Leader of the minute women, dressed like a man and spied for the Patriots. She protected a bridge from the British advancement. |
Grace and Rachel Martin | Soldiers, dressed like men to be part of the war. Interrupted an important letter in South Carolina. |
Peggy Shippen | lived in Philadelphia and was a spy for the British |
Martha Washington | was more than a generals wife she fund raised for the continental army |
Catherine Moore Barry | Both a spy and messenger warned that the British were coming and was able to fend off the British in battle of Cowpens |
Penelope Barker | Led women in boycott of British products |
Mary Lindley Murray | Distracted British to allow Patriots to escape. Fed the British to distract them |
Emily Geiger | South Carolina 18 year old messenger across opposing lines to get help |
Hannah White Arnett | leader and motivator to get women to help in the war effort |
Anne Bates | school teacher and ran general store she spied for the British |
Lydia Darrah | Quaker and spy. She held parties and General Howe attended where she would listen to plans and then inform George Washington. |
Anna Warner Bailey | Helped by supplying the soldiers with supplies and helped care for the wounded soldiers. |