Penelope Padgett Hodgson Craven Barker, commonly known as Penelope Barker, was a Colonial American activist who, in the lead-up to the American Revolution, organized a boycott of British goods in 1774 orchestrated by a group of women known as the Edenton Tea Party.
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Barker House, Edenton, North Carolina, built by Penelope and Thomas Barker in 1782, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Plaque commemorating the Edenton Tea Party, October 25, 1774. Located inside the North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh, North Carolina.
The political cartoon of the Edenton Tea Party was published in the London press.
Edenton Tea Pot. Sculpted in 1905, this teapot commemorates the 1774 Edenton Tea Party.Activists born in the 1720s 3
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Penelope Padgett Hodgson Craven Barker, commonly known as Penelope Barker, was a Colonial American activist who, in the lead-up to the American Revolution, organized a boycott of British goods in 1774 orchestrated by a group of women known as the Edenton Tea Party. It was the "first recorded women's political demonstration in America".
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Activists
Type
Activist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1728 to 1796 · aged 68
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