Women of the Revolution

She led the Edenton Tea Party

• Hannah Arnett

• Penelope Barker

• Molly McCauley

• Emily Geiger

She killed two British soldiers with their own muskets.

• Penelope Barker

• Nancy Hart

• Betsy Ross

• Prudence Wright

She sewed the first American flag.

• Lydia Darragh

• Martha Bratton

• Molly Pitcher

• Betsy Ross

She was a minutewoman. She dressed as a man and stole secret messages from British soldiers on a bridge.

• Martha Bratton

• Elizabeth Burgin

• Prudence Wright

• Betsy Ross

She wanted to fight in the Revolutionary War so disguised herself as a man and was able to fight. She was given an honorable discharge.

• Besty Ross

• Martha Bratton

• Deborah Sampson

• Molly McCauley

What woman is known for helping in the Battle of Cowpens?

• Nancy Hart

• Deborah Sampson

• Catherine Moore Berry

• Emily Geiger

Who helped fire cannons when her husband was injured and is widely known as "Molly Pitcher?"

• Penelope Barker

• Hannah Arnett

• Emily Geiger

• Molly McCauley

Who was an arsonist (person who sets fires)?

• Deborah Sampson

• Betsy Ross

• Prudence Wright

• Martha Bratton

Who had a memory like a STEEL TRAP? She could memorize messages and when captured, the British could not find the message she was carrying.

• Molly McCauley

• Emily Geiger

• Hannah Arnett

• Penelope Barker

Who brought Patriots information about prisoner ships to help prisoners escape?

• Elizabeth Burgin

• Deb Sampson

• Lydia Darragh

• Martha Bratton