Talk:Edenton Tea Party

Merge articles
I have expanded the Penelope Barker article and there's more content about the Tea Party, what led up to it, and the aftermath.

It may be wise to merge content from Penelope Barker into this article... or merge it all into one article with a Redirect for Edenton Tea Party to Penelope Barker.

Do either of these make sense? Something else?–CaroleHenson (talk) 08:08, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ I merged content from this article to Edenton Tea Party in this edit.–CaroleHenson (talk) 18:01, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Penelope Barker quotation about tea parties
The quotation by Penelope Barker supposedly "said at the time" she sent the statement to London rings incredibly false. It's not in an 18th-century idiom at all, it does not approach men's & women's relationship in society in the way that any contemporary writers do (including women who openly share their political views, like Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren & Hannah Winthrop), and--critically--it refers to tea protests as "tea parties," something which didn't start happening until a hundred years later. It's cited to the National Women's History Museum's biography of Barker, which in fact makes no mention of the quote. I am removing the quote (and correcting the NWHM's URL) until someone can provide an ironclad citation for it. Binabik80 (talk) 16:14, 20 December 2023 (UTC)