Definition of Betsy Ross

1. Noun. American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Betsy Ross

Bethesdas
Bethlehem
Bethlehem-Judah
Bethlehem Ephrathah
Bethphage
Bethune
Bethy
Betjemanesque
Betjemanian
Betke-Kleihauer test
Bets
Betsileo
Betsileos
Betsy
Betsy Griscom Ross
Betsy Ross (current term)
Bette
Bette Davis
Bettendorff's test
Betti number
Betti numbers
Bettongia
Betty
Betty Boop
Betty Friedan
Betty Naomi Friedan
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula cordifolia
Betula fontinalis
Betula glandulosa

Literary usage of Betsy Ross

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Women in American History by Grace Humpherey (1919)
"I CHAPTER III Betsy Ross 1752-1836 N 1752 the eighth child was born in the Quaker family of Griscom in Philadelphia, and was named Elizabeth. ..."

2. The American Monthly Magazine by Daughters of the American Revolution (1898)
"Betsy Ross. ELIZABETH, the seventh daughter of Samuel ... to l)e transferred into the heroine “Betsy Ross” and the modest little home into “The birthplace ..."

3. The Pioneer Mothers of America: A Record of the More Notable Women of the by Harry Clinton Green, Mary Wolcott Green (1912)
"... historian of the Revolution—Betsy Ross, who made the first American flag—Elizabeth Maxwell Steele—Hannah Arnett, " Hannah the Quakeress "—Anna Warner ..."

4. The Pioneer Mothers of America: A Record of the More Notable Women of the by Harry Clinton Green, Mary Wolcott Green (1912)
"... of patriotic women—Mercy Warren> historian of the Revolution—Betsy Ross, who made the first American flag—Elizabeth Maxwell Steele—Hannah Arnett, ..."

5. The Stars and Stripes: A History of the United States Flag by Charles West Stewart (1915)
"Betsy Ross died at her daughter's home in Philadelphia, January 30, 1836. She was buried in the cemetery of the Society of Free Quakers on South Fifth ..."

6. The Dramatic Story of Old Glory by Samuel Abbott (1919)
"We are to find out, at once, how one man solves this problem by getting a Stars and Stripes made by Betsy Ross at some time in 1776, and thus making the ..."

7. Good Stories for Great Holidays: Arranged for Story-telling and Reading by Francis J Olcott (1914)
"Betsy Ross was a young widow of twenty-four heroically supporting herself by continuing the upholstery business of her late husband, young John Ross, ..."

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