Thursday, November 19, 2015

Winifred Marshall Gales




Winifred Marshal Gales was the wife of Joseph Gales Sr. and took over the running of his print shop and other business interests when Joseph was forced to flee England in 1794 for expressing his liberal views.  She soon join Joseph in Philadelphia and eventually ended up in North Carolina.  She is was also a writer too penning the first novel ever published in North Carolina (pictured above.)

Winifred Marshall Gales by Robert N. Elliott 1986
Winifred Gales Wikipeda

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