By Heather Frey Blanton Copyright 2014 Heather Blanton Follow me on https://www.facebook.com/heatherfreyblanton and https://twitter.com/heatherfblanton “If I be waspish, best beware my sting.” ― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew If I asked you to name American writers who stirred hearts and passions during the American Revolution, most likely you’d mention Thomas Paine or Ben Franklin or Thomas Jefferson. Surely, each man made his invaluable contribution to the

The painting would imply the waylay was more exciting than it actually was. When it comes to South Carolina’s Revolutionary War history, the men get all the credit. The most famous patriot of them all is, of course, Frances Marion, known as the Swamp Fox, the inspiration behind Mel Gibson’s movie The Patriot.  But as I so often point out, a lot of women during this time didn’t just sit around doing needlepoint while Rome burned, so to speak. On numerous occasions, they took m