Episode 5: Revolutionary Ladies of the American Revolution
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Politics, poetry, and power: In this episode, Claire and Catarina talk about women, namely Molly/Mary Brant (also known as Konwatsi’tsiaienni and Degonwadonti) and African poet, Phyllis Wheatley. Our co-hosts Claire and Catarina take a dive into Iroquois social structure, works of poetry, and what it meant to be a strong woman in a time that valued quiet obedience.
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- The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, “Mary Brant,” Encyclopedia Britannica, April 12, 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Brant; “Molly Brant,” History of American Women: Colonial Women ❘ 18th – 19th Century Women ❘ Civil War Women, accessed September 13, 2022, Molly Brant | History of American Women (womenhistoryblog.com).
- National Park Service, “Konwatsi’tsiaienni – Molly Brant,” NPS, October 8, 2022, Konwatsi’tsiaienni — Molly Brant (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov).
- “Molly Brant,” History of American Women.
- Ibid.
- “Konwatsi’tsiaienni – Molly Brant,” NPS.
- “Mary Brant,” Encyclopedia Britannica.
- “Molly Brant,” History of American Women.
- Ibid.
- “Konwatsi’tsiaienni – Molly Brant,” NPS; “Molly Brant,” History of American Women.
- “Molly Brant,” History of American Women.
- “Konwatsi’tsiaienni – Molly Brant,” NPS.
- “Molly Brant,” History of American Women.
- Jan V. Noel, “Revisiting Gender in Iroquoia” in Gender and Sexuality in Indigenous North America, 1400-1850, eds. Sandra Slater and Fay A. Yarbrough (University of South Carolina Press, 2012), 67.
- “Mary Brant,” Encyclopedia Britannica.
- “Konwatsi’tsiaienni – Molly Brant,” NPS.
- “Molly Brant,” History of American Women.
- Ibid.
- Christiana Wong, “Female image in Vogue magazine: A pictorial analysis of facial and body language,” accessed October 5, 2022, ChristyWongVogueSeniorProject.pdf (yale.edu).
- Noel, “Revisiting Gender,” 54.
- Ibid.
- Ibid., 60.
- Ibid., 61.
- Ibid.
- Ibid., 63.
- Ibid., 65.
- Maeve Kane, “‘She Did Not Open Her Mouth Further’: Haudenosaunee Women as Military and Political Targets during and after the American Revolution,” in Women in the American Revolution: Gender, Politics, and the Domestic World, ed. Barbara B. Oberg (University of Virginia Press, 2019), https://www.jstor.com/stable/j.ctvfc56hw.9., 85.
- Sondra A. O’Neale, “Phillis Wheatley,” Poetry Foundation, accessed October 3, 2022, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley; Eleanor Smith, “Phillis Wheatley: A Black Perspective,” The Journal of Negro Education 43, no. 3 (Summer, 1974): 401-407, https://www.jstor.org/stable/2966531?searchText=phillis+wheatley&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dphillis%2Bwheatley&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A91bd93e87879722dd2db95cb06182a6c&seq=5#metadata_info_tab_contents.
- O’Neale, “Phillis Wheatley.”
- Smith, “Phillis Wheatley,” 402.
- Anna Khomina, “A Poet Enslaved and Enlightened,” U.S. History Scene, accessed October 3, 2022, https://ushistoryscene.com/article/phillis-wheatley/
- Smith, “Phillis Wheatley,” 402.
- Ibid., 405.
- O’Neale, “Phillis Wheatley.”
- Ibid., 401-07.
- Khomina, “A Poet Enslaved.”
- Ibid.
- O’Neale, “Phillis Wheatley.”
- Ibid.
- Ibid.; Smith, “Phillis Wheatley,” 407.
- Find A Grave, “Phillis Wheatley,” Find A Grave, accessed October 3, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6643184/phillis-wheatley.
- Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (London: A Bell, 1773): 73.
- Ibid.
- Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, “Programs,” Phillis Wheatley Community Center, accessed October 3, 2022, https://www.phylliswheatley.org/programs.
