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.

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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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Betsy Ross alsoKnownAs Elizabeth Ross