00:00By the time she was a teenager, Mary had learned how to carry heavy buckets of water, chop wood, and
00:06manage farm chores.
00:07She was not delicate or fragile. She was strong, sturdy, and determined.
00:14These qualities, unnoticed at the time, would one day save lives on a battlefield.
00:20As Mary grew older, she worked as a servant to earn money.
00:25Like many women of her class, her opportunities were limited, but she dreamed of a stable home and family.
00:32Eventually, she married William Hayes, a barber who later joined the Continental Army when the Revolutionary War broke out.
00:40The couple had a modest life, but the war would soon change everything.
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