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Jane Strachan

Jane Strachan

Jane Strachan is an attorney with a background in information technology and intellectual property matters. She is also a former professor and speechwriter who has turned writer of history. Ms. Strachan is well-versed in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution and is working on a book project about the myth of one of George Washington's major generals. She also has an interest in women spies who served in the Office of Strategic Services and the French resistance movement during World War II. Jane is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Autobiography and Biography, Books and Publications, Law, Women September 21, 2023 September 20, 2023

Margaret (Montcrieffe) Coghlan: The Making of Her Memoirs (Part Two of Two)

Margaret Moncrieffe Coghlan was many things—the privileged daughter of a highly-regarded British Army officer who served in North America, an alleged British spy, hapless…

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Autobiography and Biography, Espionage and Cryptography, Law, Memoir, The War Years (1775-1783), Women September 19, 2023 September 19, 2023

Margaret (Moncrieffe) Coghlan: The Descent from Riches to Rags (Part One of Two)

In 1805, Margaret (Moncrieffe) Coghlan’s options were running out. For more than a decade, she had been back and forth to the King’s Bench…

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Arts & Literature, Frontier, Myths and Legends, Women January 6, 2022 January 4, 2022

Jemima Howe: Two Competing Captivity Narratives

Jemima Howe (1724–1805), a pioneer woman of the early Vermont frontier wilderness, survived a 1755 abduction along with her seven children ranging from six…

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Autobiography and Biography, Frontier, Native Americans, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Women December 9, 2021 December 8, 2021

Jemima Howe, Frontier Pioneer to Wealthy Widow

Jemima Howe (1724–1805) reflects the strength it took to endure the harsh realities of the Vermont frontier during the American colonial and Revolutionary War…

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