🩷 Your Daily Dose of Women’s History… On October 25, 1774, 51 women in Edenton, North Carolina signed the Edenton Resolves, pledging to boycott British goods and publicly support the colony’s non-importation agreements. Led by Penelope Barker, they turned a “tea party” into one of the first recorded political actions by women in America. Their statement ran in the Virginia Gazette and crossed the ocean into London papers, proving that women would not be silent about liberty.  Ridicule followed

Edenton, NC was home to Penelope Barker, who led 51 women in a boycott of English tea during the American Revolution—one of the first recorded protests by women in America. And it wasn't the last time a woman from Edenton pushed the boundaries. Generations later, another woman named Harriet Jacobs escaped slavery and wrote a landmark autobiography about her experiences. Special thanks to NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources for their illustrations. Discover more North Carolina history a