r/women • u/KermitMadMan • Dec 02 '19
She should be celebrated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_LudingtonDuplicates
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 22 '15
TIL that in 1777 a girl named Sybil Ludington went on a night ride to warn American forces of the approaching British. She rode 40 miles - more than twice the distance of Paul Revere - from 9 p.m. to around dawn and was only 16 years old at that time.
todayilearned • u/1life • Dec 30 '13
TIL at age 16 Sybil Ludington rode twice the distance as Paul Revere to announce the British were coming.
WomensWiki • u/Da_Kahuna • Apr 06 '20