Molly McCauley

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American Revolutionary War figure folk hero legendary figure

Molly McCauley, better known as Molly Pitcher, is a legendary figure of the American Revolutionary War celebrated for taking her husband's place at a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth.

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Label	Occurrences
Molly McCauley canonical	1

Statements (20)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War figure ⓘ American Revolutionary War figure ⓘ folk hero ⓘ folk hero ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ
associatedWith	Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedAs	American patriotic heroine ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	symbol of women’s contributions to the American Revolution ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasAlias	Molly Pitcher NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicity	legendary and possibly composite figure ⓘ
notedFor	actions at the Battle of Monmouth ⓘ taking her husband’s place at a cannon ⓘ
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Battle of Monmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleAtBattleOfMonmouth	assisted artillery crew ⓘ operated cannon after husband was incapacitated ⓘ
spouseOccupation	artilleryman ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

“Molly Pitcher” (Mary Ludwig Hays, traditional attribution) → alsoKnownAs → Molly McCauley ⓘ

subject surface form: Molly Pitcher