Molly Pitcher Hayes Research Paper

Margaret also had taken a different name,

Once the war was over, Mary had her son, John L. Hayes. Time passed and her husband past away. She remarried to a war veteran by the name of John McCauley. There are different versions of what happened to him. Some say he died, or that he spent all her money and ran away, and others say that they went there own ways.

Her birth name was Mary Ludwig but she was given the nickname Molly Pitcher because she carried pitchers of water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War. It is also believed that when her husband William Hays collapsed during the battle, Mary took his place on the battlefield operating the canon. During the battle a cannonball shot by the enemy flew right between her legs and tore apart the bottom of the skirt she was wearing. She was unharmed.

On a positive note, Margaret’s action of joining the war was important to the war, and to

In one version her name was Mary LudwigHayes and in another version her name is Margaret Corbin. But in one version there is proof thata John Hayes enlisted in the battle of monmouth in New Jersey which was said to be her husbandin one source. It is said that Molly Pitcher fought in the revolutionary war, carried water pitchers,washing soldiers laundry, nursed injured soldiers and worked as a servant for a Dr. WilliamIrvine. This legend of molly pitcher was based on a real person named Mary Ludwig Hays orMargaret Corbin depending on the version and sources that you read.

Mary Walker was an advocate for women 's rights and the first woman awarded the Medal of Honor. At the outbreak of the Civil War Mary Walker volunteered in Washington to join the Union effort, and she worked as a nurse in a temporary hospital set up in the capital. In 1862 she was sent to Virginia to provide medical care to wounded soldiers. In 1863 she was briefly appointed as a surgeon in an Ohio Regiment. The stories that surround this time of her life are undocumented, but in 1864, she was a prisoner of war exchanged for a Confederate soldier.

Mariel Margaret Hamm was born on March 17th, 1972 in the small town of Selma, Alabama. As the fourth of six children born into this military family, Mia moved around constantly and spent her early years as a toddler in Florence Italy, where she was initially introduced to her life passion of women’s soccer. However, Mia was born with clubfoot and wore corrective braces as a toddler, thus preventing her to participate in any sport at a young age. Her love for sports truly began at the age of five on a soccer team her dad coached, continued throughout middle school as a played on the boy’s football team and then in high school as a starting forward in soccer. Her soccer life began to excel when at age 15 she joined the United States Women’s national soccer team – thus becoming the youngest in history to be selected to join such an elite group of soccer stars.

Clara Barton-Angel of the Battlefield Clarissa Harlowe Barton born on December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts lived a remarkable life. She was the fifth child of Stephen and Sarah Barton. Her father was a farmer and state legislator and had served in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Clara’s mother was a homemaker, however, Clara was often under the care of her older brothers and sisters. She became a well renowned woman in the history of the United States and in women history she showed that a woman can do the same things as a man.

Molly Pitcher was born Mary Ludwig circa October 13, 1754, near Trenton, New Jersey. After her husband collapsed during

Nancy Hart A frontierswoman in Georgia during the American Revolution who should be seen as one of the most important women of the time, is Nancy Hart. She is an unsung hero whose mission was to get rid of Loyalists in Georgia’s territory. Hart was also a spy for the Patriot army and is very well known in Georgia but not as much in other parts of the United States. She is unsung because so little was documented about her early life and most people showed interest in her towards the end of her life and after she died. Also many courageous actions she took do not have specific details or they are told in different ways.

When she was younger, she was promised that she would receive a letter and become an actress. After waiting long enough, she accused her mother of destroying the letter and her dreams. In retaliation, she marries Curley to get back at her mother as she states, “ I ask her if she stole it, too, an’ she says no. So I married Curley” (Steinbeck 88). Now she is no longer in contact with her family, and she reveals “I don’ like Curley.

Her parents were John McWilliams Jr. and Julia Carolyn Weston. She was the oldest of three children. Her father was an early investor in the California real estate and her mother was a paper company heiress. So they were very wealthy and she lived a very privileged childhood. Also she had a very good education.

Curley’s wife describes her childhood, “I never got that letter. I always thought my ol’ lady stole it. Well, I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself, an’ she says no. So I married Curley…” (Steinbeck 88).

Rutherford's maternal uncle, Sardis Birchard, served as his father figure, enriching the formal education Haye's received through Delaware's public school system. After studying Latin and Greek at a Connecticut preparatory school, Hayes attended and graduated from Kenyon College in Gambler, Ohio. Hayes attended Harvard where he met Lucy Ware Webb, his future wife After passing the bar and recovering from an illness, Rutherford partnered with John W. Herron and opened a law office in Cincinnati. He also began courting Lucy Webb in earnest, marrying her in 1852 and having three sons over the next five years. It was Lucy, the only college educated First Lady of her day, encouraged Rutherford's anti-slavery position.

1922 7 On 16 October 1922, Clarence Holiday married Helen Boudin, who was then about 18 years old. Clarence was working as an elevator boy to pay for his music lessons. He met Fanny in Philadelphia and she eventually became his second