In this episode we talk with historian Lorri Glover about Eliza Lucas Pinckney, a woman who lived through the American Revolution in South Carolina. Pinckney’s story sheds light on gender, agriculture, politics, and slavery in this era and unsettles many...
American Revolution and women
“Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels”
(Note: The quote in the title of this post comes from “The Schuyler Sisters,” a song in the musical Hamilton). Check out Kimberly S. Alexander‘s post on shoes and patriotism: For many, in the decade leading up to the American Revolution, one’s...
Who Was Molly Pitcher?
Last week I received my copy of Mark Lender and Gary Wheeler Stone’s Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of the Battle. I look forward to reading it and processing it as part of my current work...