On October 25, 1774, in support of the Boston Tea Party, Edenton, North Carolina, held a Tea Party. It passed a statement protesting the Tea Tax and vowed to stop buying tea and other products from England.
Why was this historical?
Because the 51 names on the petition were all women. Women in those days were ‘invisible,’ and expected to ‘be silent.’ Not so the 51 who signed the Edenton Tea Party.
A copy of the petition was sent to the British press with the note, “Maybe it has only been men who have protested the king up to now. That only means we women have taken too long to let our voices be heard. We are signing our names to a document, not hiding ourselves behind costumes like the men in Boston did at their tea party. The British will know who we are.”
The response?
The British press lampooned the women with a cartoon.
But today, the Tea Tax is gone, British colonies in North America are gone, and women in the United States are “not hiding [themselves] behind costumes” when it comes to fighting for their rights.
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