Molly+Pitcher

Molly Pitcher By:Sarah

Molly Pitcher is one great woman in american history. She changed the meaning of the world. Molly was born on Oct. 13 1754 in Trenton New Jersey. She was in a german family as a only child. Her first 15 years where hard with all the wars happening here and there. Her first husband married her on July 24 1769 when Molly was only 16! When John Hayes (Mollys husband) joined to fight the revonutionary war, Molly stood up for herself and went along with John.

When Molly and her husband arived at the war grounds Molly saw over 20 men dieing with thirst out on the battle field She went straight to a well about 25 yards away found a old pitcher and began carrying pitchers of water to the poor soldiers. Molly Pitchers real name was Mary Ludwing Hays but that is how Molly got the nickname Molly Pitcher. After an hour of helping the poor soldiers there was a loud cry for help coming from the cannon grounds. Molly (Mary) raced to the cannons and saw there was only about 6 men firing the cannons. Molly had to help. She pushed the men to the side and began firing over 20 cannon balls at the British. Without Molly the battle would have lost us.

After the war was over, Molly was rewarded a pension for bravery. Years later Molly sadly died on January 22 1832 in Carlisle Pennsylvania at the age of 78. She was one of the great woman that changed owr lives. Her actions helped prove that woman and men are equal.