Shaping the World: Conversations on Democracy
A Conversation with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington
Section IV - Democracy, Women and Slavery
Match these Women with Their Roles
Betsy Ross
a female Paul Revere announcing the British’s arrival
Mary Ludwig Hayes
captures Tories who had murdered her neighbor
Nancy Hart
camp follower, loads and fires cannons
Abigail Adams
supplied water to the troops becoming known as “Molly Pitcher”
Deborah Sampson
spy
Margaret Cochran Corbin
enlisted in army as Timothy Thayer and later as Robert Shurtieff
Margaret Hill Morris
seamstress of the America Flag
Sybil Ludington
As a Quaker she was against war, but cared for the sick and wounded on both sides.
Lydia Darragh
organized women to raise money to purchase linen for shirts and delivered the shirts to the troops at
Valley Forge
Sarah Franklin Bache
an advocate for women’s rights, “If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a Rebellion…”