Hannah White Arnett (1733-1823) was an American woman who is known for preventing a group of men in Elizabethtown, New Jersey (now Elizabeth) from proclaiming their loyalty to Great Britain in exchange for “protection of life and property.” When she heard the men, who were meeting in her house, talking about this offer, she called them cowards and traitors. Although Isaac, her husband, tried to get her out of the room, she continued to harangue the men and stated that she would leave her husband if he did not continue to support the American Revolution. The men eventually refused the offer.
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