"Molly Pitcher" published on June 17,1938 in the American Weekly Sunday magazine painted by Edmund Dulac. America has its valiant women too, and one of those who has become an honored in our history is Molly Pitcher. She won her name and fame at the battle of Monmouth, in New Jersey, when Washington’s forces stiffened General Charles Lee’s men against further retreat and so saved the American army from possible destruction. Twenty four years old at the time, Molly’s real name was Mary Hays. Her husband was an infantryman who happened to be detailed as a gunner in the battle.
In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,” as he was billed on the covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly Sunday magazine. The contract lasted 30 years and Dulac painted 107 watercolors for thirteen different series until his last Arabian Nights in 1951.
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Photo credit: © Albert Seligman / Alamy / Afripics
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