Life Story: Marie-Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau
The story of a founding mother of St. Louis.
The story of a founding mother of St. Louis.
The story of a métis fur trader of the Great Lakes region.
This drawing of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo shows the setting of Spanish efforts to convert and Europeanize Native populations in Alta California.
These excerpts from Milcah Martha Moore’s textbook reveal the tennets of an eighteenth-century Quaker education.
This skillfully painted hide demonstrates the craft and artistry of Quapaw women, and provides clues about the Quapaw’s relationship with French settlers and neighboring tribes.
The indenture contract of nine-year-old Elizabeth Fortune reveals the opportunities available to young free black women in colonial New York.
The story of a general’s wife who dealt with the repercussions of the revolution for decades after its official end.
The story of a Revolutionary era woman who became an American legend.
The story of a camp follower who became a war hero and earned the first soldier’s pension ever awarded to a woman.
This broadside, written in 1780, argues that every American woman must actively support the war effort to ensure victory.