Brown Bag Lecture in honor of Women’s History Month: Women in the American Revolution - Putting the "Her" in Heroics
Fri, Mar 10
|MH Barn
Join us for our first Brown Bag lecture featuring local Revolutionary War buff Eric Chandler. Eric will introduce us to some of the lesser known women of the Revolution who risked their lives, their fortunes and more. We'll have beverages and dessert - you bring the lunch!
Time & Location
Mar 10, 2023, 12:00 PM
MH Barn, 19 Stephen Mather Rd, Darien, CT 06820, USA
About the event
Women in the American Revolution: Putting the ‘Her’ in Heroics
George Washington, Paul Revere, the Marquis de Lafayette are all names we were taught in school as having been heroes of the American War for Independence. Molly Pitcher is a name we see given to a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. But who was Molly Pitcher? Was she one person or a composite of two or even three women who performed similar acts of courage?
Whether one, two or three, “Molly” was not the only example of women who served the cause of independence between 1775 and 1783.
Have you ever heard of Anna Maria Lane? Or Sally St. Claire? How about Elizabeth Zane or Deborah Sampson?
Women in the American Revolution: Putting the ‘Her’ in Heroics will introduce you to some of the women who risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to lift the…
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