Women in the American Revolution Quiz | Hurley Heritage Society

In 1776, in lower Manhattan, a young woman of African and French ancestry helped save the life of General George Washington. She uncovered an assassination attempt by Thomas Hickey, an Irishman, who was a British spy and one of Washington’s bodyguards. Thomas Hickey later confessed to the poison plot and on June 28, 1776, was hung before a crowd of twenty thousand people. Who is this heroine?

Phoebe Fraunces, daughter of Samuel Fraunces, owner of Fraunces Tavern at 54 Pearl Street, at corner of Broad Street, in lower Manhattan. It is the second oldest building in Manhattan and the oldest operating tavern in America. About 10 blocks from the World Trade Center, it was covered by dust by the September 11, 2001 bombing, but the building remained undamaged.