Penelope Barker

Penelope Barker — born June 17, 1728 in Edenton, NC; died 1796 in Edenton. 🇺🇸

On October 25, 1774, she organized 51 women to sign a resolve boycotting British tea and manufactures — the first organized women’s political demonstration in America. The Edenton Tea Party shocked London; the British press mocked them, but the boycott held. Her husband was stranded in England for 17 years, so Penelope managed their plantations and raised the family alone — straight through the Revolution. She led from her parlor, and a nation followed.

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