Women Warriors, Inc.
Students will use the table to decide what American Revolution woman deserves to have her picture put on the front of a commemorative fifty-cent piece.
Data Table #2
Women of
the
American
Revolution
Fought in
the
American
Revolution
Battles
Fought
What they did during
the War
Additional
things they
did during
the war
Injured
Honors received
Money
compensation
Time served
in the
American
Revolution
Mary
Ludwig
Hays
McCauley
AKA-Molly
Pitcher
Yes
Battle of
Monmouth
Carried water to soldiers
fighting in the war.
Took her
husband’s place
at the cannon
when he
collapsed.
No
Annual pension of
$40
1778
3/4 of a day
Deborah
Sampson
Yes
Several
Dressed up as a man and
joined the army under the
name of Robert Shurtlieff
Sampson.
Part of the Light
Infantry Division
called the
Rangers
because she
was a good
shot.
Yes-Two
musket balls
in her leg
and a
severely cut
forehead.
Monthly pension
of $4 per month.
May 1782October 1783
Margaret
Cochran
Corbin
Yes
Battle at
Fort
Washingto
n
Took over the cannon her
husband was manning
before he died.
None
Yes-Shot in
the arm,
chest and
jaw. She
never fully
healed.
No
None
Known as the “Mother of the
Boston Tea Party.” She
came up the idea of
disguising the men as
Mohawk Indians. She also
waited for their return to so
that she could dispose of
their disguises and help
them remove the facial paint
they used.
Rallied women
to treat wounded
soldiers at
Bunker Hill. In
1776 she
crossed enemy
lines to deliver a
message to
George
Washington.
No
Annual pension of
$50
Note: She was
the first woman in
the U.S. to
receive a military
pension.
No
1776
Half of a day
Sarah
Bradlee
Fulton
There was a 1928
postage stamp with her
picture on it and there is
a road named Molly
Pitcher Highway in
Pennsylvania. She was
also honored in 1943
when a World War II ship
was named the SS Molly
Pitcher.
None
Note: There is a
Deborah Sampson
Award which is
presented to a
Massachusetts resident
who has extraordinary
military and community
service.
She was buried at the
United States Military
Academy at West Point
with full military honors.
She is only one of two
buried there. The other
was a man.
In 1900, a tablet stone
was dedicated to her
memory in Medford,
Massachusetts.
December
1773-March
1776
Time spent
helping in
the
American
Revolution(In decimal
form)