Revolution 250 Podcast

Betsy Ross and the Lives of 18th-Century Women

Marla Miller, Carol Spacht, Lisa Acker Moulder Season 2 Episode 2

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A conversation with Professor Marla Miller (University of Massachusetts), Lisa Acker-Moulder (Betsy Ross House), and Betsy Ross (portrayed by Carol Spacht) as we sort fact from fiction in the Betsy Ross story and learn about middle-class women in 18th century America.  Marla Miller is the author of Betsy Ross and the Making of America (2010) and directs the U-Mass Public History program. 

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