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Kids 3: Activity Day Resources Print this page and cut along the lines to play the matching game Women of the Revolutionary War. Dolley Madison First Lady, wife of James Madison. Hosted White House social events that built important relationships for her husband and saved George Washington’s portrait from a White House fire. Dolley Madison Martha Jefferson First Lady of Virginia, wife of Thomas Jefferson. She helped raise money to support the Revolutionary War army. Died in 1782. Martha Jefferson Abigail Adams First Lady, wife of John Adams. The Adams enjoyed writing letters to each other. In one, Abigail requested to “remember the ladies” in creating the new American government. Abigail Adams Betsy Ross The seamstress who sewed the first official American flag in 1776. Her husband had died in the war. She was friends with the Washingtons and went to the same church as them. Betsy Ross Martha Washington First Lady, wife of George Washington. Hosted White House social events. During the Revolutionary War she stayed with the army camp every winter and helped inspire hope. Martha Washington Mercy Otis Warren Writer and playwright, wife of James Warren (held political office in Massachusetts). Her works inspired essential support for the Revolutionary War. The Warrens and the Adams were friends. Mercy Otis Warren Phillis Wheatley She was a poet who was an African slave. Later in her life she was freed. She was a patriot, which comes through in her writing, and she wrote a poem praising General George Washington. Phillis Wheatley Eliza Hamilton Wife of Alexander Hamilton. She supported him, sometimes wrote for him while he dictated to her and hosted social events for his political associates and their wives. Friend of Martha Washington. Eliza Hamilton Moms for America ✯ Cottage Kids 5