d disappeared from view. The girl was Betsy Zane, and her daring allowed the Americans to hold off their attackers. Toe British and the Indians abandoned
I mean nice that they waited until they realized what she was doing.Didn't just shoot at a little girl.
Emily saw her chance: she slipped out an open window, saddled her horse, and rode on through the night.
This girl is pretty clever and brave.
she handed the officers a beauti-fully crafted bow and a bundle of arrows
give nothing gain nothing i guess.
powder from the cache to the quickly, she
that's dedication i guess. blow up your own house so the enemy cant get the supplies
sprang into action. Brandishing a sword in her hands, she stood in front of her home, daring her attackers to enter.
See! This is the shit im talking about
Kate continued to ami Y until her death
This reminds me of Brienne from Tarth lol
balanced on her head as usu . ut no dirty I dry fill up . . d . aun ed the basket that evening: curled msi e was the diminutive Stephen Heard
Okay that's pretty fucking cool. But why would she want to rescue her master?
She managed to pen-etr~te into the inner sanctum of Washington's headquarters,
That's p cool
posing as one of the many female peddlers who populated every military_cam
British lady spy who reported #s back. Condescending sentence at the end tho...
Lydia Darragh
Mum who spied on meeting then hand-delivered info.
Sybil Ludington
16 y/o gave call to arms
his twenty-five-year-old wife, Margaret Cochran Corbin
Badder-ass wifey. Actually fired a cannon and did shit.
With that, Harriet Hall walked into Charleston, an important message for the American commander safely hidden inside her petticoat.
Boring, underestimated, delivering a message
no more than an old woman, trav-eling with an old servant, no doubt on her way as she claimed to visit an ailing friend nearby
Old woman, what harm could she be, underestimated, nothing super heroic.
To achieve their ends, these women often pl~ye~ 0~ the gender expectations and stereotypes of their day, feigning mnocence or employing charms and wiles to gain the trust 0~ th~ enemy
Fun Fact 1, underestimated + wiles to accomplish.