Their husbands were the handsome traitor Benedict Arnold and the patriotic General Henry Knox.ĭefiant Brides captures how passion and marriage changed the lives of both young women: – Peggy Shippen who assisted Arnold in his betrayal of America, – and Lucy Flucker, who faithfully followed General Henry Knox through the army camps of the Revolution, bearing and losing ten children along the way. “Parallel Lives of a Patriotic Heroine and a Spy”Įver wonder why the rights of women are still endangered today? Or how marriage can change the destiny of those who marry powerful men? Award-winning author Nancy Rubin Stuart’s presentation from her double biography, Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women Who Married Political Radicals illustrates how two teenage brides managed long, happy marriages to famous Revolutionary-era men.
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