Remember The Ladies: Women During the American Revolution

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Abigail Adams, in a letter to John Adams dated March 31, 1776, exhorted him to "Remember the Ladies."  In celebration of Women's History Month, join historian Joel Farkas to "remember the ladies" of the Revolutionary War. Mr. Farkas will discuss what it was like to be a woman during the revolution, health and medicine for women in Colonial times, our country's "First Ladies" and myths about well-known women such as Betsy Ross.

This program is part of our "Better Together" program series with the Cranford Public Library.