American Patriot. Early (and possibly the first) American Woman Political Activist. Penelope Pagett Barker, wife of Thomas Barker, was a prominent leader in the Edenton Tea Party. Following the famous Boston Tea Party, she gathered a group of fifty women. Wanting to show support for the Patriot war effort, the women signed a declaration pledging to stop drinking English tea, which Mrs Barker then sent to a London Newspaper. While the women were highly criticized by British journalists, American Patriots praised their efforts, and many Colonial women began boycotting British goods.
American Patriot. Early (and possibly the first) American Woman Political Activist. Penelope Pagett Barker, wife of Thomas Barker, was a prominent leader in the Edenton Tea Party. Following the famous Boston Tea Party, she gathered a group of fifty women. Wanting to show support for the Patriot war effort, the women signed a declaration pledging to stop drinking English tea, which Mrs Barker then sent to a London Newspaper. While the women were highly criticized by British journalists, American Patriots praised their efforts, and many Colonial women began boycotting British goods.
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Thomas Barker
1713–1787
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