![]() ![]() This first-rate biography of Ross (1752–1836) is authoritative and engrossing and goes a long way toward recovering the history of early American women and work. The lives of her family members were claimed by the yellow fever epidemic brought by refugees from revolutionary Haiti who flooded Philadelphia in 1793 her artisanal family's prosperity was sacrificed to war and political upheaval. Daughters of the American Revolution National Headquarters 9.64K subscribers An evening with Marla Miller author of Betsy Ross and the Making of America-Book Talk. ![]() Ross's uncles were deeply involved in the Stamp Act protests a Quaker who left her church to marry her first husband, herself a supporter of the colonies' rebellion, Ross was twice widowed by the Revolution and was married again to a war veteran. But Miller, an associate professor of history at UMass-Amherst, says the story perpetuated by Ross's family is “neither altogether right nor altogether wrong.” There is no doubt, Miller says, that the skilled needlewoman was one of Philadelphia's most important flag makers from the Revolution through the War of 1812, and that Ross is important because she offers a unique lens on Philadelphia in that era. We learn of the contributions of the artisans and tradespeople to the Revolution and beyond as we witness them surviving the British occupation, rejoicing in American victory, suffering through yellow fever epidemics, reveling in their status as the. Many modern historians believe the tale is apocryphal. Marla Miller looks closely at Betsy Ross and places her in the context of her Philadelphia. Her book Betsy Ross and the Making of America (Holt. Many Americans accept as true the story of Betsy Ross's role in creating the first American flag. Miller, Director of the Public History Program and Professor of History, University of. ![]()
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