“Molly Pitcher” (Mary Ludwig Hays, traditional attribution)

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Molly Pitcher (traditionally identified as Mary Ludwig Hays) is a legendary figure of the American Revolutionary War celebrated for taking her wounded husband's place in operating a cannon under fire.

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Generate an image of “Molly Pitcher” (Mary Ludwig Hays, traditional attribution) (Molly Pitcher (traditionally identified as Mary Ludwig Hays) is a legendary figure of the American Revolutionary War celebrated for taking her wounded husband's place in operating a cannon under fire.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War heroine ⓘ
American folklore character ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
allegedAction continued firing the cannon despite danger ⓘ
operated artillery under enemy fire ⓘ
replaced her injured husband at a cannon ⓘ
allegedBirthName Mary Ludwig ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mary Ludwig Hays ⓘ
Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley ⓘ
linked to: Mary Ludwig Hays

Molly McCauley ⓘ
approximateBirthDate circa 1754 ⓘ
approximateDeathDate 1832 ⓘ
associatedWith Continental Army ⓘ
artillery units of the Continental Army ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Monmouth ⓘ
birthPlace New Jersey ⓘ
near Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
burialPlace Old Graveyard, Carlisle, Pennsylvania ⓘ
commemoratedIn American popular history ⓘ
children’s literature about the American Revolution ⓘ
school textbooks in the United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
culturalImpact iconic representation of women’s battlefield bravery in U.S. culture ⓘ
deathPlace Carlisle, Pennsylvania ⓘ
fieldOfActivity military support ⓘ
war service ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicity composite figure possibly based on several women ⓘ
partly legendary ⓘ
honoredBy U.S. postage stamp ⓘ
monument at Monmouth Battlefield ⓘ
monument in Carlisle, Pennsylvania ⓘ
nameOrigin nickname derived from carrying pitchers of water ⓘ
notableFor becoming a symbol of women’s contributions to the American Revolution ⓘ
carrying water to soldiers on the battlefield ⓘ
taking her wounded husband’s place at a cannon during battle ⓘ
possibleIdentity Margaret Corbin ⓘ
Mary Ludwig Hays ⓘ
other unnamed women at Monmouth ⓘ
role artillery assistant ⓘ
camp follower ⓘ
water carrier ⓘ
spouse William Hays ⓘ
spouseMilitaryService Continental Army ⓘ
spouseOccupation artilleryman ⓘ
symbolizes civilian support for the Continental Army ⓘ
courage of women in combat situations ⓘ
female patriotism during the American Revolution ⓘ
timePeriod American Revolutionary War ⓘ

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Battle of Monmouth → associatedFigure → “Molly Pitcher” (Mary Ludwig Hays, traditional attribution) ⓘ
Molly Pitcher Service Area → commemorates → American Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher ⓘ
linked to: “Molly Pitcher” (Mary Ludwig Hays, traditional attribution)