Topic: Margaret Corbin

Mythical persons: Molly Pitcher

A brave colonial woman who accompanied her husband into battle against the British at the Battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary War, Molly Pitcher has entered into the legends of American history . Another ?Molly Pitcher? was Margaret Corbin , who supposedly replaced her ...

Biography: Margaret Corbin

Yet, this patriot 21 year old woman fought bravely beside her husband John Corbin in the gruesome battle defending Fort Washington on November 16th, 1776. Yet, that brisk day in November 1776, amid the gun powder tainted air of battle, Margaret Corbin ...

Women in the Face of War

Oleda Christies, Mary Edwards Walker and Margaret Corbin all led very different lives. Christies started as the youngest Hello Girl to go one and fight for women's military rights and give them veteran status, Walker was a prisoner of the Civil ...