Women / Persons ~ P11061
Katharine Steel
Alternate Names:
- Katharine Fisher
- Katy of the Fort
- Witty Katy of the Fort
Gender: Female
Life Dates: d. 1785
Types:
- Adventure, physical feat or survival
- American (US)
- Frontierswoman
- Mother, model of family life
- widow
Note: Defended fellow settlers from raids by Natives; cared for family in the wilderness after husband died; encouraged sons to fight in the Revolutionary War