Women's History Month

Join the Museum for a family-friendly History Explorers Club to learn about the spies of the American Revolution, including Agent 355, a woman who was a spy in the Culper Ring, and discover who they were and all the ways they operated undercover.

"Remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors." - Abigail Adams

This ceramic mug features Abigail Adams's famous "Remember the Ladies" quote from her March 31, 1776 letter to her husband John. The original letter is currently on loan from Massachusetts Historical Society and on display in the Museum's special exhibit, When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776-1807, through April 25, 2021.

The Spy on History series meets the American Revolution, with the story of Anna Strong of the Culper Spy Ring, the circle of spies recruited by George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Readers will crack the code using spycraft tools included in the book, while they read about Anna and the thrilling spy experience that influenced the birth of our country. In a story of suspense and intrigue, Anna Strong and the Revolutionary War Culper Spy Ring explores a little-known chapter of American history — and offers readers a mystery of their own to solve!

An intimate and illuminating look at the fervently patriotic and passionate women whose tireless pursuits proved just as crucial to the forging of a new nation as the rebellion that established it. While much has been written about the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, battled the British, and framed the Constitution, the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters they left behind have been little noticed by history. Roberts brings us women who fought the Revolution as valiantly as the men, often defending their very doorsteps.