Thank you for this, Tara! It’s important to be acquainted with their stories...even if it’s a bit jumbled. What is certain is that the women loved freedom as much as the men and were willing to put everything on the line to fight for it. Even today we can be thankful for patriotic women who love freedom and are willing to protect the values of this country for the following generation with whatever is within their power to do.
What a great “tidbit” of American history! I am so glad you shared this. It shows the depth of your research, Tara Ross! Frontier & colonial American women were not ones to shirk responsibility nor to be taken lightly. Whoever may have tried to paint them only as homemakers certainly did not have understanding of their shrewdness, capabilities, or strengths.
Regardless of the actual events at Jewetts Bridge, Ms. Wright, Shattuck and all of the many other women were equally as brave as the men and as determined to gain their freedom and independence.
As your books and your posts on social media attest, women were vitally important in many ways towards the war efforts in the Revolutionary War and each of the succeeding wars that we have been engaged. Thank you Tara and thank you to all of the women of America, past, present and future.
A great story. And now we have women in combat aircraft and in boots on the ground. Following the legacy of patriotism set by women throughout history...Thank you Tara!
I appreciate this insight to a little known part of the Revolutionary War. Thank you for highlighting the brave actions of women during the war. We have a story in our family. While her husband and 3 of her sons were fighting for the rebel cause, General Cornwallis commandeered the home of Eleanor Wilson. Cornwallis offered to release her husband from prison and give them lands and titles is she would become a loyalist. She stated that she would take her 3 sons under 10 and enlist in the front lines than give up the cause of liberty.
Were the colonists really divided into 3 (not necessarily equal) groups? I can see why the ones wanted Liberty, and I can see why some didn't care, but the Loyalists who weren't in power didn't make sense to me. I feel the same about socialists today....
These women, along with many more over the past 247 years, stood for self governance and the protection of their husbands, children, friends and others who were fighting for freedom!
Thank you, Tara, for another little known story of the fight for freedom from so many years ago!
Doesn't seem like the brothers took any cues from their father who was off fighting for the patriot cause. The home was left in the strong hands of patriotically passionate women.
Thank you for this, Tara! It’s important to be acquainted with their stories...even if it’s a bit jumbled. What is certain is that the women loved freedom as much as the men and were willing to put everything on the line to fight for it. Even today we can be thankful for patriotic women who love freedom and are willing to protect the values of this country for the following generation with whatever is within their power to do.
Thanks Tara! Forwarded to my “granddaughters group” as I do with all your stories of women in history.
What a great “tidbit” of American history! I am so glad you shared this. It shows the depth of your research, Tara Ross! Frontier & colonial American women were not ones to shirk responsibility nor to be taken lightly. Whoever may have tried to paint them only as homemakers certainly did not have understanding of their shrewdness, capabilities, or strengths.
Regardless of the actual events at Jewetts Bridge, Ms. Wright, Shattuck and all of the many other women were equally as brave as the men and as determined to gain their freedom and independence.
As your books and your posts on social media attest, women were vitally important in many ways towards the war efforts in the Revolutionary War and each of the succeeding wars that we have been engaged. Thank you Tara and thank you to all of the women of America, past, present and future.
A great story. And now we have women in combat aircraft and in boots on the ground. Following the legacy of patriotism set by women throughout history...Thank you Tara!
As the saying goes, “Behind every good man stands a great woman.” Or something like that. 😁
❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I appreciate this insight to a little known part of the Revolutionary War. Thank you for highlighting the brave actions of women during the war. We have a story in our family. While her husband and 3 of her sons were fighting for the rebel cause, General Cornwallis commandeered the home of Eleanor Wilson. Cornwallis offered to release her husband from prison and give them lands and titles is she would become a loyalist. She stated that she would take her 3 sons under 10 and enlist in the front lines than give up the cause of liberty.
Thanks Tara. Love reading these history items.
Were the colonists really divided into 3 (not necessarily equal) groups? I can see why the ones wanted Liberty, and I can see why some didn't care, but the Loyalists who weren't in power didn't make sense to me. I feel the same about socialists today....
These women, along with many more over the past 247 years, stood for self governance and the protection of their husbands, children, friends and others who were fighting for freedom!
Thank you, Tara, for another little known story of the fight for freedom from so many years ago!
Too many questions about this account to know the Ladies contribution to the War effort.
Thank you, Tara.
Awesome lesson today Tara. Takes many to win and women answered the call.
Doesn't seem like the brothers took any cues from their father who was off fighting for the patriot cause. The home was left in the strong hands of patriotically passionate women.
Thank you Tara 😊 just shows how divided we can become when it comes to Liberty and Freedom even between sister and brother!