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Betsy Ross 1752-1836, American seamstress, b. Philadelphia. Her full name was Elizabeth Griscom Ross. She is known to have made flags during the American Revolution, although the long-accepted story that she designed and made the first American national flag (the Stars and Stripes) is generally discredited.

Bibliography: See R. Thompson, The Last of Philadelphia's Free Quakers (1972).

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Ross, Betsy (1752–1836) US seamstress. She is said to have made the first American stars and stripes flag.

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