Captain Molly Corbin and Women at the Front
Many women didn’t wait to be remembered — they fought. Mary “Molly” Corbin took over her husband’s cannon at the Battle of Fort Washington when he was killed, and fought until she was severely wounded. She became the first woman to receive a U.S. military pension.
Books
- Spies, Soldiers, Couriers, and Saboteurs: Women of the American Revolution by K.M. Waldvogel
- History Smashers: The American Revolution by Kate Messner and Justin Greenwood
- Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution by Laurie Halse Anderson and Matt Faulkner
- Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and Rescue by Susan Casey
Links
- Who Is Margaret Cochran Corbin? — Daughters of the American Revolution
- Revolutionary Myth Making and Myth Breaking, Part 1: Margaret Corbin — The New York Historical
- Margaret Cochran Corbin — National Women’s History Museum
TV Shows
- Liberty’s Kids — Season 1, Episode 17