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

Philadelphia women, from Betsy Ross to Esther de Berdt Reed, transformed the Revolutionary War through courage, intellect, and unwavering patriotism.

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…

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