USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Esther de Berdt Reed was the First Lady of Pennsylvania and the wife of Governor Joseph Reed. In 1780, she founded the Ladies Association of Philadelphia, who led local relief efforts and raised funds for the Continental Army .

Detailed explanation-2: -Arriving in Philadelphia from London as a young bride, Esther De Berdt Reed had by 1774 become a zealous American Patriot. The Ladies Association she founded made shirts for the soldiers of the Continental Army, and became for the model for similar drives in Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the age of twenty-three to twenty-four, Reed married Joseph Reed, an American studying law in London. After her father’s death, Reed, her husband, and her widowed mother set out for Philadelphia in October 1780.

Detailed explanation-4: -Though she was English by birth, Reed was exceptionally devoted to the revolutionary cause.

Detailed explanation-5: -Reed was born British, but it wasn’t long before she called herself an American. She came to North America in the 1770s after marrying American lawyer Joseph Reed. The couple settled in Philadelphia, where Joseph Reed rose to prominence, eventually becoming president of Pennsylvania.