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This is an image of a satircal cartoon from 1775 called "A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton, North Carolina." It shows the patriotic Edenton women in a very unflattering way and makes them look foolish, as they pledge to boycott English goods in support of the resolutions of the Continental congress and the North Carolina Provincial ...
Sculpted in 1905, this teapot commemorates the 1774 Edenton Tea Party. The Edenton Tea Party was a political protest in Edenton, North Carolina, in response to the Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1773.
A political cartoon satirizing the Edenton Tea Party, when 51 women signed an agreement to boycott British goods in October 1774. The ladies are depicted as rowdy in an attempt to ridicule the idea of women involved in politics.
Print shows satire of American women from Edenton, North Carolina, pledging to boycott English tea in response to Continental Congress resolution in 1774 to boycott English goods.
This is a March 1775 cartoon drawn by British satirist Philip Dawe, depicting the October 1774 Edenton Tea Party. Description: At the Edenton Tea Party, fifty-one women, largely of North Carolinian, upper-class backgrounds, signed a declaration supporting the non-importation of tea.
A loyal patriot of the American Revolution, Penelope Barker organized the famous Edenton Tea Party, the first recorded women’s political demonstration in America. Barker rallied 50 women in Edenton, North Carolina to sign a resolution boycotting British tea.
Published in a London newspaper on March 25, 1775, this political cartoon satirizes the fifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina in their efforts to endorse the Colonies’ nonimportation association resolves of 1774. The Edenton Tea Party was one of the earliest organized women’s political actions in U.S. History.