Record #:

4965

Author(s):

Smith, Donna Campbell

Abstract:

The first recorded women's political rally in America took place when Penelope Barker organized fifty women to participate in the Edenton Tea Party on October 25, 1774, in order to send the English government a message of what women in North Carolina were prepared to do to resist repressive laws. Smith recounts the life of this revolutionary woman.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 68 Issue 10, Mar 2001, p52-54, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--Edenton; Edenton--History; Barker, Penelope Padgett, 1728-1796

Record #:

22266

Author(s):

Hinton, Mary Hillard

Abstract:

The unveiling of the Memorial to the Edenton Tea Party involved steps taken by both local and national organizations to raise funds for the erection of the monument.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 8 Issue 4, April 1909, p264-267, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Edenton--History