History's Unsung Heroes

The Stillwell Sisters

Learn about the sisters who single handedly stopped the British from coming on their New Jersey shore during the Revolutionary War.   Sources:  1. www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=92392 historical marker data base Rebecca and Sara Stillwell, Women Heritage Trail  2. Dolin, Eric. Rebels At Sea. 30 May 2022. Highbridge. 3. Dorwart, Jeffrey. Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community 4. Mirnick, Barbara. New Jersey in the American Revolution 5. Mayers, Robert. Revolutionary New Jersey; Forgotten Towns and Crossroads. 6. Moses Griffin 1745-1802.  www.wikitree.com/Griffing-290  7. Shomette, Donald. Privateers of the Revolutionary War on the New Jersey Coast. 8. Smith, Sally. The Women of ‘76. Ontario. June 1976. 9. Women Patriots of the Revolution: A Biographical Dictionary.

Nancy Harkness Love- Interview with Heather B. Moore-Lady Flyer

Learn about Nancy Harkness Love, the first female commercial pilot, founder of the Women's Flying Training Detachment and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) during World War II, from USA Today bestselling author Heather B. Moore.

Phillis Wheatley-The Poet Who Broke Boundaries.

Learn about the amazing work of Phillis Wheatley, the mother of black literature in America. Sources: Sources  Carretta, Vincent. Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage. University of Georgia Press, 2011.  Wheatley, Phillis. ‘To a Lady and her Children, on the Death of her Son and their Brother [https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-lady-and-her-children/]’, 1773.  Hoose, Phillip M. We Were There Too. Phillip House, 2001.  Michals, Deborah. 2015. http://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/phillis-wheatley [http://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/phillis-wheatley]. Visited 4/16/2025  Waldstreicher, David. The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley. Recorded Books, 2023.

Elizabeth Willing Powel

Learn about one of American's most influential founding mothers, socialite and patriot, Elizabeth Willing Powel. 1. A Portrait of Elizabeth Willing Powel: 1743-1830, David Walker Maxey, (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2006), 17-19. 2. Elizabeth Willing Powel. Mount Vernon. Viewed February 3, 2025.http://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/elizabeth-willing-powel 3. "Elizabeth Willing Powel to Martha Hare, 25 April, 1814", Powel Family Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 4. Hass, Kimberly. Elizabeth Willing Powel: Philadelphia's Eighteenth Century Influencer. March 16, 2024.http://www. hiddencityphila.org/2024/03/elizabeth-willing-powel-philadelphias-18th-century-influencer/

Lydia Barrington Darragh

Learn about the wife, mother, Quaker and Patriot Spy, Lydia Barrington Darragh. Sources: 1. Footon, George. "The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service." 1917. 2. Hoose, Phillip. "We Were There Too." Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2001. 3. www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/lydia-barrington-darragh [https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/lydia-barrington-darragh] American Battlefield Trust Lydia Barrington  4. www.britannica.com/event/Quartering-Act [https://www.britannica.com/event/Quartering-Act]  (2024) Quartering Act (2024)  5. www.revolutionary-war.net/lydia-darragh/ [https://www.revolutionary-war.net/lydia-darragh/] (Mar 2020) Lydia Darragh: Quaker, Pacifist and American Spy