Filmmaker Shari Rigby joins Jenny Beth Martin to tell the true stories behind Defiant Ones, her immersive audio drama about the women of the American Revolution. Sybil Ludington, just sixteen, rode through the night farther than Paul Revere to raise the militia. Agent 355, an unnamed woman spy, carried the warning that helped expose Benedict Arnold before West Point could fall. Penelope Barker organized fifty-one women in the Edenton Tea Party, and Prudence Wright formed the Guardians of Liberty to stop British couriers.
In this clip:
• Why the women who founded America were left out of the story we learned
• Sybil Ludington's midnight ride and Agent 355's warning
• Penelope Barker, Prudence Wright, and the women who risked everything
Defiant Ones launches July 2 on the Washington Times and all podcast platforms, with family assets at beautifullyflawedproductions.com. Learn more at jennybethshow.com and teapartypatriots.org.
00:00 — Why teaching the founding matters
01:45 — Sybil Ludington rode farther than Paul Revere
02:26 — The women who surprised her most
02:47 — Penelope Barker and the Edenton Tea Party
03:26 — Agent 355 and the warning that saved West Point
04:55 — Prudence Wright and the Guardians of Liberty
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