Record #:

16189

Author(s):

Belton, Tom

Abstract:

Women served both the loyalists and the patriots during the American Revolution. Some of the famous women on the Loyalists side were native-Scotswoman Flora McDonald and Elizabeth Cornell Bayard. Margaret Sharpe, Betsy Dowdy, Mary Slocumb, and Elizabeth Maxwell Steele served the Patriots during the Revolution.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Fall 1992, p13-17, il

Subject(s):

Women in war