In “Our Founding Mothers,” Episode #254, Meredith Curtis introduces you to 6 Founding Mothers who raised children while they invented a dye, helped write documents, fought in a battle, rescued priceless artifacts from a fire, fought with words, and stood strong beside their husbands. All of them impacted the leaders of the day and made their own marks. Each fought the American Revolution in their own way and helped bring about our amazing USA.

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If you asked me to create a Hall of Fame for American Revolution heroes, I would start with my favorite Founding Fathers and Founding Mothers. I’m so proud of my American heritage and all our American history heroes!

Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818) was the first Second Lady and the second First Lady. Brilliant, she advised her husband throughout his prestigious career while being a devoted wife and mother throughout her life. She often took other children under her wing.

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1789-1802) was thrust into the world of politics and served her nation as the first First Lady of the brand-new United States.

Elizabeth (Eliza) Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) developed indigo as an important crop in colonial South Carolina. She was also the mother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a signer of the Constitution and Thomas Pinckney, who negotiated Pinckney’s Treaty in 1795. She turned the indigo plant into a cash crop.

Mary Ludwig Hays (1744-1832) fought in the Battle of Monmouth in the American Revolution. She is considered by many historians to be the famous Molly Pitcher.

Elizabeth ‘Eliza’ Schuyler Hamilton (1757-1854) grew up with a deep devotion to Jesus Christ. After the war, she helped Alexander with his political writings, many of which are in her handwriting.

Dolley was born into a devout Quaker family and was raised on a plantation in Virginia. After the War of Independence, her family freed their slaves. When her husband, James Madison, became Secretary of State and later President, Dolley took Washington, D.C. by storm as a charming hostess, engaging friend, and witty conversationalist.

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