HIST 373b: Women, Gender & the American Revolution 

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Mrs. Esther Reed, wife of General Joseph Reed, formed an association in Philadelphia for aiding American soldiers. "Never was the energy of genuine sympathy more nobly exercised than by the patriotic women who joined hands in this holy endeavor."

--Benson J. Lossing, The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence, Volume II (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860), 106.

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