Grace Growden Galloway

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Grace Growden Galloway was an American colonial-era Loyalist diarist and landowner whose detailed writings provide a rare female perspective on the social and political upheavals of the American Revolution.

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instanceOf Loyalist
diarist
landowner
person
birthName Grace Growden
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
describedAs American colonial-era Loyalist diarist and landowner
documentedIn published editions of her Revolutionary-era diary
ethnicGroup American colonist
familyName Galloway
fieldOfWork autobiographical writing
personal historical narrative
genre diary
givenName Grace
hasPerspectiveOn political upheavals of the American Revolution
social upheavals of the American Revolution
hasRole observer of social and political upheaval during the American Revolution
historicalRegion Thirteen Colonies
historicalSignificance documents gender, class, and property relations in late colonial Pennsylvania
provides a rare female Loyalist viewpoint on the American Revolution
languageOfWorkOrName English
maritalStatus married
movement Loyalism
notableFor detailed diary documenting the American Revolution from a Loyalist woman’s perspective
recording the confiscation of her property during the American Revolution
notableWork diary of the American Revolution
occupation diarist
landowner
placeOfActivity Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
politicalAlignment Loyalist to the British Crown
primaryTopicOf Loyalist women’s experiences in the American Revolution
relative Joseph Galloway
residence Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
sexOrGender female
significantEvent confiscation of her property by revolutionary authorities
separation from her Loyalist husband during the war
socialClass colonial elite
sourceOfInformationFor historians studying Loyalist perspectives in the American Revolution
historians studying women’s experiences in colonial America
spouse Joseph Galloway
timePeriod American Revolutionary War
American colonial era
workFocus personal impact of revolutionary politics on Loyalists
property confiscation and legal rights of Loyalists

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Joseph Galloway spouse Grace Growden Galloway