050 Marla Miller, Betsy Ross and the Making of America

Ben Franklin's World

English - October 06, 2015 05:00 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 988 ratings
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How did every day men and women experience life in colonial America?

How did the American Revolution transform their work and personal lives?

Today, we explore the answers to those questions by investigating the life of Betsy Ross with Marla Miller, professor of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and author of Betsy Ross and the Making of America.

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