Concordia Library: American Revolution Women (1775-1783)-Wax Museum: Betsy Ross

Betsy Ross (1752-1836)

BETSY ROSS (1752-1836). - American seamstress and patriot. Betsy Ross showing General George Washington (seated), financier Robert Morris (touching flag), and her uncle, Colonel George Ross, how she cut the stars for the first American flag, 1776. After the painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
http://quest.eb.com/search/140_1686601/1/140_1686601/cite. Accessed 12 Oct 2016.

Books in the MS/HS Library

Betsy Ross by Vicki Cox
Call Number: mB ROS
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
When the American colonists needed their own flag to show that they were a new nation, they turned to Betsy Ross, a widowed seamstress living in Philadelphia. She was only 24 when George Washington asked her to create the first flag for America, in June of 1776.
Betsy Ross by Jennifer Silate
Call Number: mB ROS
Publication Date: 2004
Introduces the life of Betsy Ross, an American patriot during the Revolutionary War who enjoyed telling her family about how she sewed the first American flag.
Voices of the American Revolution by Kendall F. Haven
Call Number: 973.3 HAV
Publication Date: 2000-11-15
Courageous Children and Women of the American Revolution by John Micklos
Call Number: 973.3 MIC
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
The American Revolution for Kids by Janis Herbert
Call Number: 973.3 HER
Publication Date: 2002-09-01
Encyclopedia of American History by Gary B. Nash
Call Number: R 973 ENC
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Colonial America and the Revolutionary War by Laurie Lanzen Harris
Call Number: R 973.2 COL
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Shaping of America, 1783-1815, Reference Library by Richard Clay Hanes; Sharon M. Hanes; Kelly Rudd; Lawrence W. Baker
Call Number: R 973.4 HAN
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Contains biographies of twenty-six men and women who played key roles in the early history of the United States, from 1783 to 1815, arranged alphabetically.