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Early American Heroines

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  • Mary Musgrove (c.1755 - c.1790)
    "Patriot in Petticoats" "This monument, erected in the early 20th century, stands as a reminder of the legendary Mary Musgrove. She is remembered as a character in the 19th-century novel 'Horseshoe R...
  • Sarah Noble (c.1699 - 1727)
    The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh is the story of a young girl who travels with her father into Connecticut during the early 18th century, and her experiences with the native Schaghticoke. ...
  • Virginia Smith (1587 - 1659)
    Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587, date of death unknown) was the first child born in the Americas to English parents, Eleanor (or Ellinor/Elyonor) and Ananias Dare.[1] She was born into the short-li...
  • Mary Dillard (1755 - 1796)
    Mary Ramage Dillard 1755 –1836, was young and reputedly quite attractive - and she drew a private's pay in the American Revolutionary War. from Find A Grave Memorial #29696253 History records t...
  • Hannah Dustin, Indian Fighter (1657 - 1737)
    The Duston / Dustin Family, Thomas and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Duston and their descendants. Compiled by the Duston - Dustin Family Association Genealogists "On March 9, 1697, Hannah presented her husban...

Let's hear it for the ladies! I invite everyone to locate on Geni, document their genealogies, and create biographies for the inspiring women of what became the United States of America. Native Americans, Women of the Spanish and French colonies, Early American settlers, frontierswomen, families of the Royal Governors ... don't let my ideas limit yours. I think of the War of 1812 as the cutoff date and no beginning date. If they lived here, we need to know more about them.

Here's a list to start with, please add more.

  1. Abigail Adams
  2. Annis Boudinot Stockton
  3. Betsy Ross
  4. Catherine Littlefield Greene
  5. Cecily Reynolds Farrar
  6. Deborah Sampson
  7. Deborah Read Franklin
  8. Dolley Madison
  9. Dorothy Quincy Hancock
  10. Eliza Pinckney
  11. Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson
  12. Elizabeth Maxwell Steele
  13. Emma Lazarus (Project Photo)
  14. Esther De Berdt Reed
  15. Hannah Lee Corbin
  16. Kerenhappuch Norman Turner
  17. Laodicea "Dicey" Langston SPRINGFIELD
  18. Laura Collins Wolcott
  19. Lydia Darragh
  20. Margaret Bayard Smith
  21. Margaret Corbin
  22. Martha Bratton
  23. Martha Jefferson
  24. Martha McFarland McGee Bell
  25. Martha Washington
  26. Mary Digges Lee
  27. Mary Katherine Goddard
  28. Mercy Otis Warren
  29. Mary Ludwig Hays
  30. Molly Stark
  31. Nancy Hart
  32. Nanyehi Nancy Ward
  33. Penelope Barker
  34. Phillis Wheatley
  35. Prudence Cummings Wright
  36. Rebecca Motte
  37. Sacajawea
  38. Sarah Livingston Jay
  39. Sybil Ludington
  40. Theodosia Burr

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