Betsy Ross
Seamstress
Upholsterer
January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836
Creator of the First American Flag.
Postage stamp issued January 1, 1952 –
commemorating 200 hundred years since her birth.
Depicted in the stamp are George Washington,
being presented with the flag by Betsy Ross, with Robert Morris and George
Ross.
Referenced in the following books:
Betsy Ross (First Biographies) (2007); Betsy
Ross (Profiles in American History) (2006); Betsy Ross (Rookie Biographies)
(2006); Betsy Ross and the Making of America (2010); Betsy Ross Issue /
Smithsonian National Postal Museum (May 29, 2014); Betsy Ross’ Star / Blast to
the Past (2007); Betsy Ross: A Flag For A Brand New Nation / Leaders of the
American Revolution (2005); Betsy Ross: The Story of Our Flag / Easy Reader
Biographies (2007); Betsy Ross’s Five Pointed Star (2005); Flag: An American
Biography (2005).
Betsy Ross (1917); Man vs. History /
documentary (2021).
