Betsy Ross
by Ann Weil
A narrative portrait concentrating on the childhood of Betsy Ross, from her birth on January 1, 1752, as the eighth of seventeen children, to her Quaker upbringing, to her growing love for sewing and apprenticeship to an upholsterer.
FictionJuvenile fictionSewingChildhood and youthHistoryChildren's fictionUnited states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, fiction