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This Native American's depiction on a $20 banknote in the 1860s was the first time a real woman was seen on American currency |
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HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY |
2024-02-05 |
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17th: On this woman's death in 1617, a London writer referred to her as "The Virginian Woman" |
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HISTORY, THROUGH THE CENTURIES |
2019-10-08 |
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Hermarriage to John Rolfe was the Virginia social event of 1614 |
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THE 1600s |
2019-06-27 |
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The earliest American play about this wife of John Rolfe was "The Indian Princess", performed in 1808 |
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19th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY |
2012-03-27 |
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She was born in Virginia around 1596 & died in Kent, England in 1617 |
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HISTORIC WOMEN |
2010-07-06 |
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Archaeologists visit Hopewell to dig at Kippax, once the home of Jane Rolfe Bolling, this historic woman's granddaughter |
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HISTORIC VIRGINIA |
2008-07-14 |
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John Smith said that this girl was about 10 when he met her in 1607 (she looked a little older in the Disney movie) |
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HISTORIC KIDS |
2004-05-03 |
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She died, perhaps of smallpox, while preparing to return home from England in 1617 with hubby John Rolfe |
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17th CENTURY NOTABLES |
2003-06-18 |
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In 1837 John Gadsby Chapman was commissioned to paint her baptism as Rebecca in Jamestown |
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HISTORY IN ART |
2002-01-03 |
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She's the subject of the 17th century headline seen here:"LOCA POCA!! Saves Boy Toy From Fatal Clubbing" |
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HISTORIC TABLOID HEADLINES |
2001-02-07 |
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A 19th century novel by John Esten Cooke enhanced the legend of this playful daughter of Powhatan |
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HISTORICAL NOVELS |
2000-02-25 |
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This teenager was the second of John Rolfe's 3 wives |
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HISTORIC VIRGINIANS |
1999-12-21 |
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John Smith said he would have had his brains beaten out with clubs if this Indian girl hadn't saved him |
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HISTORY 101 |
1998-11-06 |
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At the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, you can see this Indian princess as she really appeared |
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HISTORIC AMERICANS |
1997-04-25 |
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This daughter of Chief Powhatan became a Christian & married an Englishman in 1614 |
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HISTORY |
1997-03-27 |
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She was about 12 years old when she saved the life of Captain John Smith |
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HISTORIC WOMEN |
1996-03-05 |
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On April 5, 1614, in Jamestown, she married John Rolfe |
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HISTORIC WOMEN |
1995-07-07 |
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She was known as Rebecca Rolfe when she died in England of a sudden illness in 1617 |
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HISTORY |
1994-09-29 |
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While visiting the Potomac Indians in 1613, she was captured by the English & taken to Jamestown |
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TEENS IN HISTORY |
1994-02-15 |
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In 1616 this Native American created a sensation in London, where she was known as Lady Rebecca |
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HISTORY |
1993-07-22 |
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The grave of this American Indian princess is in Gravesend, England, where she died in 1617 |
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HISTORIC SITES |
1993-03-11 |
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