Esther the Sewer
Esther Reed
Esther Reed
- Daughter of Liberty
- Sewed 2,000+ shirts for the troops
- Collected more than $7,000 in contributions and gifts
- Thought fighting for freedom was possible
- Joseph Reed was her husband
- Joseph Reed first served as a military aid.
- She went to the war because of her husband Joseph Reed
- Esther started a womens organization in order to gain support for the American cause
- In the organization Esther started they went door to door asking to donate money
- Esther used the money she got from the organization would go directly to the soldiers
Sources
https://docs.google.com/a/hcsdcyclones.com/document/d/1WLQ53j3gbFCgX0lp9UHbJoidf3qkDcrq26LDBNFo1SM/edit
http://morrisoni.edublogs.org/2010/05/23/some-interesting-facts-about-esther-reed/
Pictures:
http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/3204453-circa-1760-esther-reed-born-esther-de-berdt-in-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=OCUJ5gVf7YdJQI2Xhkc2QCpnl5XIFyDxwvofD1gT5qYWc2O8lx90mz4LA2YBL1I0jzQgfXojzNeOvPu3wtXNyw%3D%3D
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/kids/dreamteam/images/200-esther.jpg
http://heroinesofhistory.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/estherreed9.jpg
http://morrisoni.edublogs.org/2010/05/23/some-interesting-facts-about-esther-reed/
Pictures:
http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/3204453-circa-1760-esther-reed-born-esther-de-berdt-in-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=OCUJ5gVf7YdJQI2Xhkc2QCpnl5XIFyDxwvofD1gT5qYWc2O8lx90mz4LA2YBL1I0jzQgfXojzNeOvPu3wtXNyw%3D%3D
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/kids/dreamteam/images/200-esther.jpg
http://heroinesofhistory.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/estherreed9.jpg