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Sybil Ludington: Teenage Girl vs. the British Empire (Sort Of)

Leave a Comment / Historical Stuff / October 19, 2025 / 18th century women, American Revolution, colonial America, female heroes, feminist history, forgotten women of history, historical myths, historical women, inspirational women, Paul Revere, Revolutionary War, storytelling history, Sybil Ludington, teenage heroine, Tracy Cooper-Posey blog, unsung women, women in history, women in war / 3 minutes of reading

In 1777, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington may have ridden through a stormy night to rally a scattered militia—and possibly outshone Paul Revere while doing it. Or… maybe she didn’t. The truth is tangled in legend, but the story of a teenage girl rising to the moment (and then vanishing from history) is worth dusting off. Whether myth or memory, Sybil’s ride says a lot about the women history tends to forget.

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Mary Anning: She Sells Sea Shells… and Revolutionized Science

Mary Anning didn’t just “sell sea shells by the seashore.” She dug ancient sea monsters out of English cliffs, rewrote what we knew about life on Earth, and got zero credit for any of it while she was alive. Why? She was poor, female, and brilliant — the historical trifecta for being completely ignored. This week, let’s talk about the fossil hunter who changed science… and got buried by it.