5/21/2023 0 Comments Betsy Ross by Ann Weil![]() And the exciting visit aboard a big ship in the harbor. There was the wonderful day when Benjamin Franklin invited her and George into his print shop. She was busy too after she started to school but she could always find time to visit interesting places in Philadelphia. ![]() She was too busy doing things and doing them well! Her Quaker family was large-nine girls and a boy-and Betsy was a big help to her mother kneading bread, looking after the babies and sewing with the silver thimble her mother gave her. Little girls can't do anything!"īut Betsy was only six years old when she said that. "Every time I want to do something," she said, "I can't do it because I'm a girl, or because I'm too little. But when she tried, the saw jumped the wood and cut her finger. Betsy insisted to her little brother George that she could make doll furniture. ![]()
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