Record #:

40912

Author(s):

Moore, Elizabeth V.

Abstract:

An early example of Colonial women's involvement in the fight for independence from Great Britain happened a year after an event renowned in American history textbooks. Just as remembrance-worthy as the Sons of Liberty dumping tea into Boston Harbor is a pledge signed by fifty one women from Edenton. Spearheaded by Penelope Barker, the Edenton Tea Party had put into writing their resolve to drink no more of the product they also saw as justification for rebellion.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 11 Issue 1, Sept 1971, p3-4

Subject(s):

Edenton Tea Party (1774); Edenton--History; Edenton--People; American Revolution; Penelope Barker--Edenton Tea Party ; Edenton--Description and travel; Tea parties--American colonies--North Carolina; Harvey, John, 1724-1775; First Provincial Congress of North Carolina--Edenton Tea Party

Record #:

43623

Author(s):

Bloom, Sally

Abstract:

Barker is recognized prominently among a group of women in Edenton who protested a tax on tea in1774. Their action goes down in history as the first recorded political demonstration by women in America.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 59 Issue 1, Fall 2019, p6-7, il

Subject(s):

Barker, Penelope Padgett, 1728-1796; Barker, Thomas, 1713-1787; Tea parties--American colonies--North Carolina; Edenton Tea Party (1774)