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Women of the American Revolution
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Inside America's most famous love triangle
What really happened between Eliza, Angelica and Hamilton. Warning: This episode utterly fails the Bechdel test.
Ep 12 | American Revolution | 3 | The Schuyler sisters (Amanda Vaill)
"I love your husband very much... lend him to me for a little while."
Abigail Adams, capitalist
She made a killing in war bonds (and possibly insider trading). None of the money was technically hers
Ep 11 | American Revolution | 2 | Abigail Adams (Woody Holton)
"She made a killing!"
Molly Pitcher did not exist
And other revolutionary legends we may have to reconsider
What is coverture?
On her wedding day, a woman's legal existence disappeared
