What is another word for Betsy Ross?

Pronunciation: [bˈɛtsi ɹˈɒs] (IPA)

Betsy Ross was an American seamstress who is chiefly known for creating the first American flag. Some synonyms for Betsy Ross include flag maker, seamstress, textile worker, embroiderer, and designer. Ross was born on January 1, 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up with eight siblings and was educated at a Quaker school. She married her first husband, John Ross, in 1773, and together they ran an upholstery business. In 1777, George Washington asked Ross to create the first American flag, which she is said to have sewn herself. Ross continued to work in the textile industry until her death in 1836.

What are the hypernyms for Betsy ross?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    person, revolutionary, historical figure, Flagmaker, Women's Rights Advocate.

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  • Certainly with the enslavement of their parents and grandparents less than seventy years behind them, the odds of successfully utilizing black culture to better refine the application of democracy in America was against them. Yet the planners and participants in this would-be renaissance moved forward with all the faith and visionary certainty of Betsy Ross stitching the American flag or General William T. Sherman blazing a trail of victory through the Civil War South.
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