Betsy Ross

Betsy Ross was born the fist of January in1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By the name of Elizabeth Grinscom. She was the great-granddaughter of a British carpenter called Andrew Grinscom. She attended a Quaker school and in there she learned needlework. She married John Ross, an Anglican, in 1773. Betsy Ross joined the "Free Quakers" or " Fighting Quakers" because the were not as pacifist as the typical Quaker steryotype. Later on John and Betsy Ross opened a business based on her skill on needlework. 

John her first husband was killed in January 1776 in a militia duty  on Philadelphia, Betsy continued the business by herself. She reamarried on 1777 with Joseph Ausburn who was a sailor, he died in prison after being in a ship that was captured by the British. Betsy got married once more this time with John Claypoole, who was in prison with Joseph, he died in 1817.She had 7 children. Betsy lived until 1836, dying on January 30. She is who supposedly was the first one who made the first U.S.A flag (the one with the 13 stars and 13 stripes) but there is some doubt about this fact. Anyways she is a great example of a strong woman, she went through man things such as widowhood, single motherhood and, managing a business by herself.