Elizabeth Ross
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Ross was an American upholsterer and seamstress widely credited in popular lore with sewing one of the first American flags during the Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Ross canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American patriot
ⓘ
human ⓘ seamstress ⓘ upholsterer ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Betsy Ross House
ⓘ
surface form:
Betsy Ross House courtyard (reinterment site, commemorative)
Mount Moriah Cemetery ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia
|
| commemoratedBy |
Betsy Ross Bridge
ⓘ
Betsy Ross House ⓘ
surface form:
Betsy Ross House museum in Philadelphia
U.S. postage stamps ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1752-01-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1836-01-30 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | 19th-century accounts by her grandson William J. Canby ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Religious Society of Friends
ⓘ
surface form:
American Quakers
|
| fieldOfWork |
flag making
ⓘ
upholstery ⓘ |
| genre | American patriotic folklore ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth ⓘ |
| hasLegend | story that she sewed the first official American flag at the request of George Washington ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Betsy Ross House
ⓘ
surface form:
Betsy Ross House (former residence and workplace)
|
| hasRepresentation | numerous paintings and illustrations depicting her sewing the first American flag ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | American patriotic icon ⓘ |
| historicity | traditional attribution of first flag sewing is disputed by historians ⓘ |
| influenced | symbolism of the American flag in U.S. culture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Religious Society of Friends ⓘ |
| movement |
American Revolutionary era
ⓘ
surface form:
American Revolution
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nickname | Betsy ⓘ |
| notableFor | being widely credited in American popular lore with sewing one of the first American flags ⓘ |
| notableWork | one of the first American flags (attributed) ⓘ |
| occupation |
seamstress
ⓘ
upholsterer ⓘ |
| partOf | American Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
|
| placeOfDeath |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| relative |
George Ross Jr. (uncle by marriage, signer of the Declaration of Independence)
ⓘ
John Claypoole (husband and Revolutionary War veteran) ⓘ |
| religion |
Religious Society of Friends
ⓘ
surface form:
Quakerism
|
| residence |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
John Claypoole
ⓘ
John Ross ⓘ Joseph Ashburn ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.