Betsy Ross
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Arts
- Subcategories: American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Crafts
- Curriculum: Women’s History, American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Revolutionary History (1776-1788), American History 1816-1855, American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: Using an original idea presented to her by George Washington, Betsy Ross is reputed to have designed and sewn the first official American flag.
Early Life
Elizabeth “Betsy” Griscom was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1752. She was the eighth of seventeen children of Samuel and Rebecca Griscom and part of the fourth generation of Griscoms in America. The Griscoms lived on Mulberry Street (now Arch Street), near Fourth Street, and Samuel was a well-known carpenter.
Little is known of Betsy Griscom’s early...
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