They Called Her Molly Pitcher

By Anne Rockwell 

The rousing true tale of an American Revolution heroine.

When her husband joined General Washington's army, Molly Hays went with him. All through the winter at Valley Forge, Molly watched and listened. Then in July, in the battle at Monmouth, she would show how much she had learned.... More than 50 British soldiers would die of heatstroke that day, but the American soldiers need only cry, "Molly -- pitcher!" On one trip through the fighting field, she saw her husband get shot. She satisfied herself that he wouldn't die from his wound, then took over his job -- firing off the cannon!