Women of Revolution Aspen2 by Matthew Stewart https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n Select a woman from the list, find an image/statue of her for the picture, share a few heroic facts about her, and come up with a holiday that we could celebrate in her honor. What would the day be? What would the traditions be to celebrate her legacy? Start here: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67905/9-women-who-helped-win-american-revolution en-us 2020-10-02 14:01:26 UTC 2026-01-24 16:44:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Agent 355- Lena Rogers 175703_ https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798417154 After 200 years the identity of Agent 355 is still unknown. Agent 355 was a code name. All we know is it was a female (355 was a way that the Culper ring signified women), we know her code name, and we know that she was a member of the Culper spy ring, and reported to Abraham Woodhull. She would have likely had contact to high ranking British officers through Robert Townsend Abraham's "son." And through that played a huge part in uncovering General Benedict Arnold's plans to betray the Revolution. After this... records become murky. According to legend she may have died on a prison ship after being captured but, also giving birth to a son who was named Robert Townsend Jr. But, her fate can't be confirmed because her identity is a mystery. There were several women on prison ships and, likewise, the Culper ring had several female members.

There would be a holiday on the 3rd day of the third week of the fifth month. So the 3rd day of the 3rd week of May. It would be called 335 day. There would be a parade in the evening, and a festival during the day. There would be prison ship recreations that you could go in. There would be games with prizes. there would be a scavenger hunt with challenges. The scavenger hunt would be the main event of the festival. There would be obstacles and you would get your "missions" aka objects, from the "Culper ring." And there would be mystery games where you had to guess an object in a box but didn't know what it was. Just like we didn't know her identity but we can try to make some guesses.


]]> 2020-10-02 17:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798417154 Agent 355 - Bryce K. 173995 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798418158 Agent 355 was a woman in the American Revolution who was part of the Culper Spy Ring. Her true identity is unknown, but her code name is Agent 355. She reported to Abraham Woodhull, who went by the code name Samuel Culper. She helped save the fort at West Point by uncovering General Benedict Arnold's plans to betray the Revolution. She also helped to have Andre, his contact, get arrested by the Colonists. It's been more than 200 years, and her real name is still unknown, though it is believed that she may have been put on a prison ship. I believe we could have a holiday called "355 Day" On December 20th, because it's day 355 of the Gregorian Calendar. We could have a festival with a mix of spy and american revolution related things. ]]> 2020-10-02 17:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798418158 Deborah Samson 1744971 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798424535 > Deborah Samson disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtleff and fought for the Continental Army for three years.
> She was given the dangerous task of scouting neuteral territory for British build up of men and materials in Massachusettes. During this time she led a raid on a Tory house and sucessfully captured 15 men. 
> At the seige of Yorktown she dug trenches, helped storm a British roundabout, and endured canon fire.
> There were multiple instances where Deborah was injured in war and refused medical care so she wasn't found out. There is a story that she dug a bullet out of her own thigh to keep her identity hidden. She was also slashed in the forehead and for fear of being discovered she stiched it herself.
> She was eventually discovered in 1783 when she fell sick due to "brain fever" and passed out. She was taken to a hospital where her pulse was being taken when the doctor discovered her.
> Once she was discovered she was not allowed to stay in the army however she recieved an honerable discharge. She was one of the only women to receive this.
> Deborah wasn't satisfyed with this pat on the back type discharge and went on to tell about her time in the army and later protested for full pension. She recieved this in 1792. Most recently she was named a Massachusette's state heroine and her official day was named as May 23.
> We should have a Deborah Samson day on May 23 where we celebrate her life and her extraordinary service. We would tell her tales (just like she did throughout her life) celebrate and eat food. We would also dress as the opposite gender for the day just as she did for 3 years. By making this a holiday we could honor her and keep her legacy alive.]]> 2020-10-02 17:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798424535 Agent 355:A secret hero 1902054 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798424653 Agent 355 was a very important piece to winning the revolution,  after 1780 agent 355 died aboard a prison ship giving birth to her son. I think that we should celebrate agent 355, November 25 1753 is believed the birth of agent 355 son. I think we should celebrate her life by honoring her continuation. Agent 355 passed information to george washington about traitor among him if not for this information the revolutionary war could have been a british win.]]> 2020-10-02 17:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798424653 Ann Bates https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798425068 Genevieve N
Ann was a spy for the colonists, disguised as a school teacher. She spied on British troops for about 5 years, counting there numbers, and listening in on there plans. She recorded valuable information on American movement to Rhode Island. She was captured by the British, but refused to give up information. She died in London, during her execution. I think her holiday should be in the summer, because that's when she was executed. Maybe like june 15thish, because there aren't many holidays in june.

 ]]> 2020-10-02 17:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798425068 Margaret Corbin aka Molly Pitcher was married to a front line soldier and when he went off to war, she followed. She cared for the wounded, prepared food and when her husband died manning an artillery cannon, she took his place. We could have a holiday called Molly Pitcher Day to celebrate the front line military operators. She was given the nickname Molly Pitcher because she brought water to cool the hot cannons. 173439 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798433192 2020-10-02 17:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798433192 Patience Wright - Audrey Hollis 1842034 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798436052 Patience was born in the colonies, Long Island and later moved to New Jersey where she married to her husband, a Quaker farmer. He died in 1776. She took up sculpting to support herself as a young widow. 

She started a small business with her sister but wanted to go bigger. Once Patience met Benjamin Franklins wife, Jane Mecom, she started to sculpt for many high society British citizens. 

While Patience sculpted for these higher ups she began to listen to their conversations and learned astounding information that she later sent to the colonists. She supposedly placed notes incased in sculptures. She became very supportive of the colonists and she lost many jobs with the British. The founding fathers stopped responding to her and she fled to Paris to find work.  

Patience never returned to her home in America and died in London where her body rests. 

A holiday to celebrate her would be named Wright the way to Independence. It would be celebrated on the day she died, May 23rd. A tradition would to place a note to a loved one or piece of information that you held true to and incase it in wax. Then burn the wax and paper sending it to Patience where you believed it went. ]]> 2020-10-02 17:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798436052 Prudence Cummings Wright 1734311 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798436986 > She and several other women in her town armed themselves to be a woman militia to protect the town once all the men went to war. They also did it to fight the British.
> She stopped her own brother to protect the rebellion. She and other women in her town stopped her brother and other sympathizers at a bridge and got the information that they were trying to smuggle to the British and instead gave it to the Patriots.

A new holiday in Prudence Cummings Wright's honor would be in April. In April she lead a group of women to capture British spies. On that day, they captured them and sent them to prison. The day specifically doesn't have a date so instead the day would be the same day she was born. The holiday would be on the 26 of April. The way that we could celebrate this holiday is that we would play a game where in a group four people have to find the British spies, everyone else is just there. Once the spy or spies were discovered they would run and if you could catch them, you would save the rebellion. It would represent looking for the spies and then tracking them down to stop them, just like Prudence Cummings Wright did in her famous story.]]> 2020-10-02 17:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798436986 Nanye'Hi/Nancy Ward - Madelyn Chang 173330 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798437736 Nanye'Hi or also known as Nancy Ward, was a political leader of the Cherokee. She promoted peace between the Europeans, Colonists, and Native tribes. She was also not only involved in the political parts of the war but she helped fight beside her people. While most of Ward's family and tribe were for the British,  in July 1776 she warned colonists along the Holston River and saved a White women's life. Through her life she continued to try to keep peace between the everybody but soon the land was overrun by settlers and the Cherokee were forced to leave their ancestral grounds leaving the trail of tears. The Cherokee were exiled and forced to go on an 800 mile exodus where 4000 native Americans dies. They called this "Nunna-da-ult-sun-yi" or "The Trail of Tears". Although She died before the removal of her people, Nanye'Hi created peace and allies with the American Colonists in order to help protect everyone.

A month to celebrate Nancy Ward's hard dedication to peace would be July because that was the time where she had saved many American lives and kept peace. ]]> 2020-10-02 17:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798437736 Phillis Wheatley 172930 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798439579 Phillis Wheatley was the first black women in America to publish a book. Brought when she was only seven from Senegal/Gambia, West Africa, she survived the trip across the Atlantic . She was than sold to Wheatly family in America. After discovering her "precociousness" the family did not entirely excuse her from the hard labor of a slave but taught her how to read and write.  After this time she was very immersed in astronomy, geography and history. originally it was thought that ,"An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of that Celebrated Divine, and Eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and Learned George Whitefield" 1770 was here first poem but carl Bridenbaugh reviled that at the age of 13 she wrote the poem, "“On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin,” a poem published was published on the 21 of December 1767.   By the age of 18 she had writen 28 poems which she ran as advisement in the Boston gazette (the Americans didn't really like that and she was turned away from it). She died in England uncared for and alone on December 5th, 1784, by this time she had written around 145 poems before her death.


The holiday I purpose would be on December 5th the day of her death to commemorate the first black women to publish a poem in America. ]]> 2020-10-02 17:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798439579 Deborah Samson 1831861 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798441585 >Enlisted in the fourth Massachusetts regiment  under the name of Robert Shurtleff. 
> After being injured in war she refused medical attention just so she can keep fighting in the war.
> The only reason she didn't keep fighting in the war was because she was found to be a female not male but she received a discharged
> We should celebrate on sept 3 the day she was found to be female dressed in males clothing.
>The things we should do is dress like she would have in the 1780 like a Halloween costume, we should eat feasts and celebrate her great accomplishments like becoming Private Robert Shurtliff and doing what she wanted to do/ become.]]> 2020-10-02 17:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798441585 Lydia Darragh https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798447682 Lydia Darragh was a patriot spy who often hid in a closet while British Leaders were discussing their plans. After she had gained the intel she would smuggle it to her son by stitching it into buttons or writing it in pin books. Her efforts are said to have saved thousands of patriot lives including that of George Washington. If she had a holiday I think it should be sometime in the spring because it is a time of life and would honor the lives she saved. Small kids would hide in closets and try to over hear what parents where saying and report back to siblings and friends through drawings.]]> 2020-10-02 17:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798447682 Sybil Ludington - Morgan 163753 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798448195 Born in 1761, Sybil Ludington was only 16 years old when heard the news of Danbury under attack and rode out into the dark woods and rain on the night of April 26, 1777. The young patriot covered anywhere from 20 to 40 miles to alert the Colonel's men of the attack and urge them to return and fight. By the time she had returned, hundreds gathered to fight the British Troops. Sadly they arrived too late for the battle, but did fight with departing British troops. Her heroic action was honored  by a stamp by the Postal service in 1975, a statue of her by Lake Gleneida in Carmel, New York and historical markers tracing the route of her ride in Putnam County. I believe there should be a historical holiday on April 26 to celebrate her bravery and perseverance of riding out into the  unpredictable night to round up troops. Even if their isn't a holiday to honor her, she will still be remembered as an important patriot in the fight for Liberty.]]> 2020-10-02 17:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798448195 Sybil Ludington 1729841 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798448925 On the evening of April 26 1777 the British forces landed on the coast of Connecticut and destroyed continental army supplies. Colonel Ludington was asked to travel 25 miles to gather supplies, but the colonel still had to brief the soldiers. His 16 year old daughter decided to volunteer to ride to warn of the British. She left at 9 pm  and started her journey ahead. She rode through the night waking many of the colonels men to warn them for what was coming. She made it back safely and the soldiers marched 25 miles to where the British had attacked. They weren't in time to save everyone from the torches but got the British out of there.  We could make a holiday for her on April 26 and there would be a big parade with horses marching.     ]]> 2020-10-02 17:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798448925 Lydia Darragh 1729811 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798449790 > Lydia was a patriot spy who allowed the British to gather and have meetings in her home, during the meetings she would eavesdrop on their plans and report them back to the patriots.
>Once when she had hid in a closet listening in on the conversation of the redcoats on the other side of the wall, she heard of an attack that would be thrust upon troops lead by Washington, she later told the patriots of this fact and warned them of the upcoming attack.
> Lydia Darragh was born in Dublin, Ireland and moved to Philadelphia with her husband. Once there she raised 5 children. She was a Philadelphia Quaker who became a spy for the patriots and lived from 1729- 1789.
- A holiday to celebrate her would be called "Women spies of the Patriots day". This day would be held on December 2nd, the day that she warned and prevented the patriot tragedy that would have happened. "Womens spies of the patriots day" would celebrate her success and bravery. One tradition on this day would be to clean or tidy a closet since this is where she hid when eavesdropping on the cruel plans that might have taken place.

]]> 2020-10-02 17:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798449790 Patience Wright - Elise Valant https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798452065 Patience was born in the colonies, in Long Island. She later married and shortly afterward, her husband died, leaving her to live by herself and to find a way to make a living on her own in 1769. 

She had a passion for wax sculpting and she and her sister eventually started a business and moved to London. They began working for many high status clients in London and getting their names mentioned in society. 

While sculpting for these clients, Patience learned of some very sensitive information that would help the colonists. She sent all the knowledge she heard back to the colonies, hidden inside her sculptures. Eventually the society people tired of her voicing her opinions about the colonists and no one wanted her work. Patience then moved to Paris and felt the colonists no longer needed her information. She died on her way back to America, never truly finding out what the colonists had wanted from her and why they stopped responding to the knowledge she sent them. 

The holiday that would be held in her honor would be National Wax Figurine Day, and it would be celebrated on the day she died, May 23rd. A tradition held on this day would be for everyone to sculpt something related to American independence, like our flag.]]> 2020-10-02 17:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798452065 Deborah Samson 1980441 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798469347 > Deborah Samson was born on December 17, 1760, in Plympton, Massachusetts. Her family was struggling and her dad was lost at sea. Deborah's mother sent the seven children to live with friends and family.
>Deborah Samson became a indentured servant of Jeremiah and Susannah Thomas. She lived with them from when she was ten until she was released at 18.
> Deborah Samson didn't want to become a nurse so she disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtlieff so she could fight in the American Revolution. 
> As Robert Shurtlieff, she was enlisted in the 4th Massachusetts regiment, where she served as a scout. 
> She was wounded 3 times while in war. One was a gash to the head, the second was a musket ball in her thigh, the third one was when she was shot in the should. 
> Deborah refused to get medical help because she knew that if she went in, she would be discovered.
>In 1783, she became very ill and had to be hospitalized in Philadelphia.  Deborah's identity was discovered by Dr. Barnabas Binney who was treating her.
> Deborah was given an honorable discharge in October of 1783 for her bravery. 
> She was named the official state heroine for Massachusetts on May 23 of 1982.
> We would celebrate Deborah Samson's bravery and accomplishments on May 23. We could get together and celebrate all of the great things she has done. We could have feasts to remind people to do what they want even if its not what other people want just like Deborah Samson did for many years.]]> 2020-10-02 17:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798469347 Patience Wright- Bella Gilman 184623 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798471590 Patience wright was born in 1725 on Long Island, under the British rule. By the time she reached 21 years of age, she was passionate in art and ready to find a future in sculpting. After marrying, she settled down. But unexpectedly, her husband, Quaker Joseph Wright, passed away. She then turned to sculpting wax for a business, with her older sister Rachel Wright. She was so celebrated that she was brought to King George to sculpt. After a while, the British started talking about war topics. Wright used this information, and gave it to the Continental Congress. Wright was able to smuggle many pieces of information through her sculptures. A holiday that would celebrate her honor would be jour de sculpture, which is french for "sculpting day." This would occur on the day would be the day she passed away, on March 23. On that day, people would admire sculptures, and create their own to celebrate her legacy. ]]> 2020-10-02 17:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798471590 Margaret Corbin 245595 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798473912 Margaret Corbin was a woman in the American Revolution who followed her husband into war to help with giving water to the troops and using water to cool off the cannons. She went to cook and care for wounded soldiers. Her husband died and she took the position as the artillery fighter before getting wounded in the shoulder and chest. The injury came from grapeshot mangling the shoulder and chest. She was the first and only woman to be awarded an Army Pension 3 years later during the revolution.

The Holiday we could celebrate would be Corbin day on Nov.16 because thats the day she fought on the battlefield. It would just be any celebration to show appreciation.]]> 2020-10-02 17:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798473912 Lydia Darragh - Simon 2097391 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798474135 1. Her house is where British Officers came and discussed war stuff
2. One time, she saved George Washington's group by hearing that  the British were planning a surprise attack, she over heard this from a closet. Then instead of going to buy flour, she told some soldiers that were in Washington's group.
3. She was born in 1729 in Dublin, Ireland and was a Quaker.
4. Historians haven't proven the family stories though.

Patriot Women Spy's Day: On December 2 because this is when Lydia Darragh over heard the British generals talking about ambushing George Washington's group. A tradition to do would be to in a family, the men do most of the stuff in the house to show appreciation to women.]]> 2020-10-02 17:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798474135 Elise Kretschmer https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798486515 2020-10-02 17:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798486515 Esther Deberdt Reed 204530 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798500696 Esther was a women who inspired and helped to put things into action. She inspired a group of women similar to the Daughters of Liberty to go door to door collection 300,000 dollars to make clothing to send to solders. She was a civic leader for solders relief and despite coming from and English background she moved to America, and made a huge impact with helping with the troops supplies. A day to celebrate her would be when she died, September 18, 1780 because she did so much but died before she could see the effects, in some way this would be recognizing and respecting her legacy.]]> 2020-10-02 17:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798500696 Sybil Ludington 2088782 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798508140 On the evening of April 26, 1777 british troops landed on the coast of con, a 16 year old by the name of syblil, took a all night trip of 25 milies to the town to get supplies and warn the colonial men.
A holiday we could do would be a 20 mile run. It would represt her journy to warn the colonist.]]> 2020-10-02 17:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798508140 Esther Deberdt Reed - Caleb McFarland 1915791 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798524921 Esther Deberdt Reed was born in 1746 in London. She married Joseph Reed in 1770 and then they came to America. She was always bugged by the British and supported the war cause. When she heard that George Washington's troops were low on supplies(clothing, food, etc.), she decided to help. She formed the Association of Philadelphia, which was made of women supporting the war cause. They would go to doors with advertisements asking for donations to the American army. By July 1780, they were able to raise over $300,000 to give to the soldiers. However, George Washington feared some soldiers would spend the money on alcohol or gambling if they were simply given money. So, the Association of Philadelphia proceeded to sew 2,000+ shirts for the soldiers to wear.  If she had a holiday it would be October 22 because that is her birthday, and everyone would sew a shirt and give it to someone else.]]> 2020-10-02 17:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798524921 Anna Strong 20800116 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798588317 Anna Strong's sleuthing wasn't quite as dangerous as Agent 355's, but the communication system she developed for the saboteurs remained undetected by the British. A member of the ring (Abraham Woodhull) was a spy who delivered messages to General Washington on a regular basis. They would exchange information on a boat. He needed a way to find the location of Caleb Brewster's boat without being suspicious. It was too risky to ask about the ship's whereabouts or visit every doc. Anna Strong developed a code using her washline. Woodhull would hide his boat in six different locations in various patterns, and each one of these places was identified by a number. Once Anna Strong received the information, she would hang her clothes on the line in concordance with the code. The number of handkerchiefs hung out to dry signaled the number of the secret location, and she would add a black petticoat to signal that Brewster was close by. This system, as simple as it sounds, allowed the Culper Ring to operate undetected, and made huge gains for American freedom. A black petticoat was the signal that the ship was nearby, and the number of handkerchiefs showed the meeting place. Even though she knew she could be hung for her assistance in spreading codes, Anna Strong persisted and made a significant contribution to helping the colonists win the Revolutionary War. If we celebrated her courageous acts, it would be called Riches Courage Day because it took a lot of courage to take actin for what she believed in. It would be on June 12 because ships sailed with trade merchandise and it represents the warm weather to dry laundry. We would all hang a piece of clothing near our house and give up something we value for the day to represent her sacrifice.]]> 2020-10-02 17:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798588317 Elise Kretschmer https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798608609 Agent 335 was a successful  female spy that was crucial to the success of the patriot spies in the revolutionary war. She was so successful that her true  identity is still not known to this day. She was part of the Culper spy ring that stole information from the British about atack plans, supply lists, and spies within the patriots ranks. Many believed that she was a member of a prominent loyalist family and had easy access to many high ranking officers and was never questioned for the suspicious activities that had been occurring because she was a woman and was believed to have the same political views as her husband. She also helped uncover American General Benedict Arnold’s scheme to turn over a fort at west point in exchange for money. While pregnant she was arrested and was questioned on the activities and the child's father which she refused to provide with any details. Then she was sent aboard the notorious prison ship HMS Jersey in New York harbor where people only lived a few months at best. She soon gave birth to a baby boy aboard the ship and was believed to have died soon after. While none of the facts have been completely confirmed and her fate is ultimately unknown she plates a crucial role in the revolutionary war.  A holiday for agent 335 and all of the other female spies in the Culper spy ring during the revolutionary war should be created in march (the third month) 3 on the 30th (35). I should be labeled National family spy day (cheesy I know…)  Since so little was known about her I decided to represent her with an unknown picture of a woman.


]]> 2020-10-02 17:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798608609 Nanye'Hi- Keira Gregg 1708221 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798671654 Nanye'Hi was a beloved women of the Cherokee who wanted peace between her people and the European settlers coming to Tennessee. She had witnessed a lot of violence in her life and earned the tittle of Beloved Women in the battle against the Creeks by taking her husbands rifle and led a rout of the enemy. In the French Indian war, when the Cherokee sided with the British, she sided with the Americans and freed American soldiers from captivity and her decisions would greatly impact the American Revolution. 
 
A holiday to celebrate Nanye'Hi would be kindness day to represent her fight for peace. This holiday would be a whole month long so everyday you would make sure to do one act of kindness. April is the month that she saved America and that would become national kindness month to celebrate Nanye. ]]> 2020-10-02 18:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798671654 Lydia Darragh 2092031 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798679100
  • Lydia Darragh was an undercover patriot, acting as a loyalist. Lydia would hide in a closet as British officers met in her home, and send any new information she had learned to her son, a revolutionary soldier. Her efforts saved thousands of lives as she was able to warn soldiers of incoming attacks that could easily have surprised them, and led to many more deaths.
  • If there was to be a holiday celebrating Lydia Darragh’s many accomplishments, it would be November 12. Not only would the day be celebrating one of Lydia’s biggest accomplishments in saving George Washington by warning his forces of a surprise attack on a date in November, but as her name is 12 letters long, the date of the 12th would celebrate her name, and therefor her. The holiday should be celebrated with schools teaching each class about Lydia’s work. Families could set up fun pranks for their children, who would have to try their best to listen in on their parents in the days leading up to November 12 to try and figure out what would happen. If they figured it out, they would be rewarded by not being subject to pranks!

    • ]]>     2020-10-02 18:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/798679100     Prudence Cummings Wright 166597 https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/799830554
  • Prudence Wright captured British spies on a bridge, saving many people from being marked by the British as “Treasonous” as the information carried by the spies was certain people that were enemies of the British crown.
  • She married a Private in the continental army, which inspired her to take up arms against the British after all the men of the town were no longer there, as they were in a war with the British. Prudence Wright formed a militia of all women to protect their town. 
  • Her guard was labeled, “Leonard Whiting's Guard” so that she could receive funding, as women at that time were not allowed to be overtly paid by the military for their fighting in that time.

    • The new holiday would be on March 17, because that was the day that she was recognized financially by the Americans that she had defended. That day, everyone would research the important women that have been lost in history because of cultural values. 

    ]]>     2020-10-03 15:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/799830554     Prudence Cummings Wright https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/799996106 She had Two children that die when they were very young.  
    Prudence married David Wright, a stalwart Whig and avid supporter of independence.
    She created the Mintue women
    The  women successfully stopped the British, captured several soldiers, and intercepted dispatches regarding troop movements.
    To this day, a marker near Jewett’s Bridge honors the event, that says “Near this spot a party of patriotic women, under the leadership of Mrs. David Wright, of Pepperell, in April, 1775, captured Leonard Whiting, a Tory who carrying treasonable dispatches to the enemy at Boston.”
    The holiday that i would create for her would be where the people could dress up as her and go to a bridge and reasearch about her and the fight and then reanaticed, it would take place on the 17th because thats the day when se capture the british soldiers.]]>     2020-10-03 19:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_stewart/76x6jc199ecm878n/wish/799996106