Ep 14 | American Revolution | 5 | Phillis Wheatley Peters (with Vin Carretta)
"The unofficial poet laureate of the new United States"
— page 2
She heard that "all men are born free and equal". So she called their bluff.
Elizabeth Freeman was the first woman to sue for – and win – her freedom from slavery
Ep 13 | American Revolution | 4 | Elizabeth Freeman (with Errin Haines)
"Any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told that I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it just to stand one minute on God's earth a free woman"
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
The political awakening of American women
Listen to episode 1 of the new Women of the American Revolution series
Ep 10 | American Revolution | 1 | The political awakening of American women (Carol Berkin)
"It happened just like that, boom!"
How Chinese women were barred from the American dream
US anti-immigration laws targeted them first and not subtly
