Elisabeth Freeman

Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett) was soposibly born in 1742 as a slave. As a slave she married and her husband died in the revolutionary war so it was just her and her daughter, Little bett. a famous quote she said was "Any time, any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it. Just to stand one minute on god's aarth a free woman. I would." After being treated unfairly she asked Theordore Sedgewick to sue for her freedom She had overheard discussion of the new Massachusetts state constitution and the Bill of Rights, that all people were born free and equal. She believed those laws applied to her, too! Along with her Sedgewick help another slave from the plantaion she worked on named Brom.  Mum Bett and Brom were the first African American slaves to be freed under the Massachusetts constitution of 1780! After she was freed she protested for African slavory. If it wasnt for her we may not have had african freedom today. Freeman died December 28, 1829,Stockbridge, Massachusetts. We have to thank her for the way she stood up to african slavory. She was a huge part of american revolution and always will be!

Bibilyography: http://www.libertyskids.com/arch_who_efreeman.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Freeman_(Mum_Bett)

Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, on November 11, 1744, to the Reverend William Smith and Elizabeth (née Quincy) Smith. As third cousins, Abigail and John had known each other since they were children. In 1762 John accompanied his friend Richard Cranch to the Smith household. Cranch was engaged to Adams' older sister Mary. John was quickly attracted to the petite, shy, 17-year-old brunette who was forever bent over some book. He was surprised to learn that she knew so much about poetry, philosophy and politics, considered inappropriate reading for a woman at the time. They had six kids
Abigail ("Nabby") (1765–1813), John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), Susanna Boylston (1768–1770), Charles (1770–1800), Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832) and Elizabeth (stillborn in 1777).  Abigail died October 28, 1818 in Quincy, Massachusetts.
       Abigail mainly focused on womens rights. she everything that she could to help women get some freedom. Her and her husband also focused a lot on african slavery. If it weren't for her we may not have womens rights or no african slavory. We must thank her for many things she did when she was around.

biblilyography: http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/adam-abi.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Adams

Betsy Ross!

 Today I'm going to talk about Betsy Ross!

Betsy Ross was born at child number 8 in a family of 17 on January 1, 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child she went to a Quaker public school then after school, worked in an upholsterer's workshop. So, she was well educated. At 21 (1773) she married John Ross and 3 years later (1776) he dies in an explosion. A year later (1777), she married Joseph Ashburn and had two children with him. Joseph was soon captured by the British and he died in 1782. She learned this from a friend John Claypoole who she later married in 1783. With John she had 5 children and spent the rest of her days with him. In all she had 7 children but 2 died at youth. When the 13 colonies needed a flag to show they were independent George Washington, a personal friend of Betsy's, went to her for service. "Thirteen stripes, alternate red and white that the union be thirteen stars white in a blue field," they told her. Betsy's daughter Rachel Fletcher designed the flag while Betsy sewed it. When it was done and shown to everyone they loved it! And, soon on she became one of the most famous woman in the revolutionary period.

It isn't proven that she made the flag but it isn't disproved either. Plus, the story gave (and still gives) many American women hope!

Links I used: http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/bross.htm 
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/