Sybil ludington

The five of the greatest women of the Revolutionary War: Margaret Corbin, Abigail Adams, Deborah Sampson, Sybil Ludington and Martha Washington

On April 26th in 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode almost 40 miles by horseback in the middle of the night to gather American militia and warn the countryside about the British approaching. A…

This Women’s History Month we’re kicking off with the story of a Revolutionary War heroine whom you might not have heard of before. Sybil Ludington is known today as the “female Paul Revere” and while her actions were equally heroic, she was largely forgotten until just over a century after her own

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The "female version of Paul Revere," Ludington became a hero of the American Revolutionary War when she was just 16-years-old. …

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The heroes of the Revolutionary War are wizened, erudite, wigged Founding Fathers, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. Though these men emerged as the military, political and ideological leaders of the conflict, much of their bidding was done by youngsters.

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Sybil Ludington

Map of Sybil Ludington's ride. She traveled on the narrow, unmarked ox-cart roads of 1777, through woods and swamps, covering 40 miles. At each house she told the men: "The British are burning Danbury, the Colonel is mustering the troops." She warned the families to be ready to abandon their homes if the enemy should come their way.

Sybil Ludington aka The female Paul Revere :)

Sybil Ludington - Revolutionary War hero, though generally unknown.

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When I started to research this topic, I was saddened to discover that a lot of these women I had never heard of. I certainly wasn’t taught about Sybil