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Penelope Barker

By gennamarie
  • Born

    Born

    Penelope Barker was born in North Carolina.

  • Widowed

    Penelope Barker widowed at age 19. She had two children

  • Widowed, again

    She remarried a wealthy planter names James Craven. He died when Penelope was 27 years old. She inherited all of his estate, becoming the richest women in North Carolina. She then remarried Thomas Barker.

  • She wroter her Statement

    Penelope got tired of the British taxting the colonists while not allowing them a say in the governemt. She wrote a statement, she endorsed a boycott of tea and other British products.

  • Her lead was taken.

    Penelope sent the proclamation to a London newspaper. British journalists did not take them seriously, but the Patriots in Amerca praised them for their stance. Women all over the colonies followed her lead and began boycotting British goods.

  • Protest Statement

    Ten months after the Boston Tea Party, organized by men, Penelope Barker led a “Tea Party” in the Edenton Home of Elizabeth King. Penelope, along with 50 other women, signed the protest statement

  • Died