Catalina Trico: New Netherland's Founding Mother

Catalina Trico, born in 1605 in France, became an orphan and refugee due to European turmoil. She traveled to Amsterdam and married Yoris before embarking on a journey to the New World. Settling in Fort Orange, she built relations with local tribes. Later, she moved to New Amsterdam, becoming a landowner and mother of 11 children. Her story, shared with William Penn, highlights her as the first European mother in the Mid-Atlantic, with a legacy of over a million descendants. The video questions why women's stories are often untold in history.

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