Innovators: Dagonwadonti (Molly Brant)

Published: March 7, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'Dagonwadonti (Molly Brant) (c.1736-1796) was an important political figure during the era of the American Revolution. She was a Mohawk leader whose power was recognized by both the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and colonial leaders\\u2013even though the framers of the declaration would write women like her out of their vision for the country.'