Nearly 250 years after the American Revolution, North Carolina women's contributions to the Patriot war effort remain little understood. Using pension applications, researchers now can recognize North Carolina women's experiences during the War for American Independence through their own words. The pensions digitized in this exhibit are especially unusual, as they contain women's recollections not only about their husbands' wartime service, but also the widow's own actions during the war.

For the full exhibit, see In Their Own Words: North Carolina's Widows of the American Revolution