# Some forgotten Pennsylvania heroines

Author: Shoemaker, Henry W. (Henry Wharton), 1880-1958

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77017

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Some+forgotten+Pennsylvania+heroines+Shoemaker&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

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 place the genuineness of Betsey Ross’s connection other than professional with the first American Flag has been frequently questioned, and were it not...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/some-forgotten-pennsylvania-heroines-77017/chapters/1/index.md)