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URL:https://250.mercercountynj.gov/events/the-torys-wife-a-woman-and-her-f
 amily-in-revolutionary-america-2/
SUMMARY:The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America
DESCRIPTION:Revolution Up Close: A Public Lecture Series\nThis lecture seri
 es is presented in connection with Nursery of Rebellion: Princeton and th
 e American Revolution\, an exhibit at the Princeton University Library whi
 ch runs from April 15 to July 12\, 2026. Four recent authors offer new per
 spectives on the American Revolution by zooming in on an individual life\,
  a close-knit community\, or a single document.\n\nFree and open to all\nB
 ooks for sale by Labyrinth Books\n\nSupported by a Special Grant from the 
 Humanities Council’s Ruth and Sid Lapidus ’59 Research Fellowships Fun
 d\nDetails\n\n\n\nThe Spurgin family of North Carolina experienced the cat
 aclysm of the American Revolution in the most dramatic ways—and from dif
 ferent sides. This engrossing book tells the story of Jane Welborn Spurgin
 \, a patriot who welcomed General Nathanael Greene to her home and aided C
 ontinental forces while her loyalist husband was fighting for the king as 
 an officer in the Tory militia. By focusing on the wife of a middling back
 country farmer\, esteemed historian Cynthia Kierner shows how the Revoluti
 on not only toppled long-established political hierarchies but also strain
 ed family ties and drew women into the public sphere to claim both citizen
 ship and rights—as Jane Spurgin did with a dramatic series of petitions 
 to the North Carolina state legislature when she fought to reclaim her fam
 ily’s lost property after the war was over.\n\nWhile providing readers w
 ith stories of battles\, horse-stealing\, bigamy\, and exile that bring th
 e Revolutionary era vividly to life\, this book also serves as an invaluab
 le examination of the potentially transformative effects of war and revolu
 tion\, both personally and politically.\nAuthor\nCynthia A. Kierner is Pr
 ofessor of History at George Mason University and the author of Scandal a
 t Bizarre: Rumor and Reputation in Jefferson’s America.\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:Historical
LOCATION:Robertson Hall\, Arthur Lewis Auditorium\, 20 Prospect Avenue\, Pr
 inceton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
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