Despite being an amateur historian for several decades, I have to say I never heard about this woman. Earlier today, I ran across her by accident and think hers is a tale that needs to be told!
"Hannah Duston was the first American woman to have a statue built in her honor. Today, what she did to deserve it might be called, by some, an atrocity."
https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/hannah-duston-scalped-indians/
"Hannah Duston was the first American woman to have a statue built in her honor. Today, what she did to deserve it might be called, by some, an atrocity."
https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/hannah-duston-scalped-indians/