Edenton Tea Party: First Women's Political Demonstration in America

On October 25, 1774, the first organized and recorded public women’s political protest in American history. Organized primarily by Penelope Barker, 51 women signed a statement of protest vowing to give up tea and boycott other British products "until such time that all acts which tend to enslave our Native country shall be repealed."

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