“Remember the Ladies”: 12 Philadelphia Women Who Shaped a Revolution

Everyone knows the story of Betsy Ross and the first American flag, sewn in a small upholstery shop on Arch Street in Old City Philadelphia.

But Ross wasn’t the only woman whose work helped define the Revolutionary War and the American cause.

Across Philadelphia, American women, including writers, fundraisers, spies, poets, and even soldiers, played vital roles in shaping what became the United States…

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