“The Heroine of Monmouth”

“Molly Pitcher” was the centerpiece of a Currier & Ives print in 1876, in commemoration of the nation’s Centennial celebrations. Pitcher was a fictional representation of the many women said to have fought in the Revolutionary War, like Margaret Corbin and Mary Ludwig Hays. Hays is remembered as taking the place of her injured husband on the field at the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey.