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Artifact 1.3

Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Curators Office
Civil War
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Donna Chaney

• My name is Donna Chaney and I teach fifth grade
  in Washoe County School District. My passion is
  United States history and I am introducing the
  Museum of Women in War. Hope you enjoy the tour.

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The War of 1812


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JOIN OR DIE

• This is Benjamin Franklin's 1754 cartoon
  emphasizing the need for the various colonies and
  regions to work together.
• Poster to introduce the womens Revolutionary
  War room.
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The War of 1812

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Well Behaved Women

• Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History" has
  become the slogan for modern, independent women.
• Poster to introduce the Museum of Women in War

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The Civil War

• Civil War poster to introduce the Civil War
  womens room

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Deborah Sampsom

• Deborah Sampson AKA Robert Shirtliffe, enlisted
  in the Massachusetts regiment in 1778. Deborah
  used her brothers name and fought for years
  before being discovered.
• For more information please go to
• http//score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_am
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Mercy Otis Warren

• Mercy Otis Warren wrote the first history of the
  United States. She wrote plays making fun at the
  British. She was first published in 1805. She
  wrote the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the
  American Revolution.
• For additional information please go to
• http//score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_am
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Molly Hays McCauley

• Molly Hays McCauley AKA Molly Pitcher. Born in
  Monmouth, New Jersey, Molly took over her
  husbands position firing the cannon after he was
  hit in the arm, firing several rounds. General
  George Washington commissioned her Sergeant
  Molly Pitcher.
• For more information please go to
• http//score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_am
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Phillis Wheatley

• Phillis Wheatley was born a slave. She was
  taught to read and write. She was the first
  published black author. Some of her works of art
  included poems about learning virtue, patriotism,
  battles, and the greatness of America. Phillis
  was given her freedom in 1778.
• For more information please see
• http//score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_am
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Molly Brandt

• Brandt was a housekeeper and concubine of 9
  children with Sir William Johnson. She handled
  all his accounts, did purchasing along with sums
  of money, spent a lot of money on clothing,
  blankets, and rum. She was highly respected by
  the Mohawk Indian Clan. She supplied shelter and
  gathered information against the rebels. For
  more information please go to
• http//www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/mollybrant.h
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Dolly Payne Madison

• Dolly Payne Madison was raised as a Quaker. She
  married John Todd in 1790. After his death in
  1703 she married James Madison , 17 years her
  senior in 1794. She died in 1849.
• For more information please see
• http//www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/dollymadison
  .html

http//www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/dollymadison
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Anne Prevost

• Anne Prevost was the Governor Generals daughter
  and she kept journals throughout the War of 1812.
  For more information please see
• http//www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/anneprevost.
  html

http//www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/anneprevost.
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Laura Secord

• Laura Secord was born in Barrington,
  Massachusetts in 1775. She grew up in Canada and
  married a Loyalist Officer
• For more information please go to
• http//www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/secord.html

http//www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/secord.html
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Elizabeth Clift Bacon Custer

• Elizabeth (Libbie) wrote several books during her
  life which followed the career of her infamous
  husband, General George Armstrong Custer. She
  authored Boots and Saddles, Life in Dakota with
  General Custer, 1885 Tenting on the Plains
  General Custer in Kansas and Texas (1887) and
  Following the Guidon. For more information
  please go to
• http//civilwarwomen.blogspot.com/

http//civilwarwomen.blogspot.com/
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Jessee Freemont

• Jessee Freemont was married to John C. Freemont.
  She traveled with him on his many journeys and
  became involved in politics during 1849 while in
  San Francisco, CA. She became highly involved in
  the Civil War effort by supporting anti-slavery
  campaigns. She wrote many books about her
  adventures in the West.
• For more information please go to
• http//civilwarwomen.blogspot.com/

http//civilwarwomen.blogspot.com/
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Major Pauline Cushman

• Major Pauline Cushman was a spy for the Union
  Army. She became a spy after being approached by
  two Confederate officers. Being loyal to the
  Union Mrs. Cushman, an actress by trade, traveled
  throughout the South gathering information for
  the Union Army. She was eventually captured,
  tried, and found guilty. Rescued by the
  advancing Union army, Mrs. Cushman retired from
  the spy business. For additional information
  please go to
• http//civilwarwomen.blogspot.com/2008/01/pauline-
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Sara Emma Edmonds

• Sara Emma Edmonds AKA Franklin Thompson, gathered
  information and nursed the wounded as a male
  nurse. She was raised in Canada, but resented by
  her father for not being a male child. She left
  Canada and enlisted in the Union army May 25,
  1861. For more information please go to
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