Molly Pitcher was the roar behind the cannon—the fearless woman who stepped onto the battlefield and refused to back down. When her husband collapsed in the blistering heat of Monmouth, she dropped her water pail, seized his ramrod, and manned the cannon under fire. Shot and shell thundered around her, but she stood firm, loading and firing with the resolve of a seasoned artilleryman. Molly wasn’t just a helper—she was a fighter, proving that the spirit of 1776 didn’t belong to men alone. Her defiance in the face of war shattered expectations and lit the way for generations of women who would follow her fire.
