Some forgotten Pennsylvania heroines

Shoemaker, Henry W. (Henry Wharton) · 1958

An Address By Henry W. Shoemaker At meeting of Bellefonte Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Bellefonte, Pa., May 6, 1922 Some months ago, in the daily newspapers, a dispatch dated Washington, D. C., propounded this question: “Who were the greatest women in the past history of Pennsylvania?” Without waiting for the readers of the article to offer suggestions, the following names were mentioned: Betsey Ross, Rebecca Biddle, Lydia Darrah, and Lucretia Mott. It would seem a pity if this quartet should be regarded as the final estimate of greatness in Pennsylvania womanhood, despite the years of persistent propaganda at work in favor of some of them. In the first p…

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