Learn about Lydia de Meyer and Hillegond van Ruyven, two women who opened negotiations with English invaders in 1664. This video is adapted from a resource in the New-York Historical Society’s Women & the American Story curriculum.
The video was produced by the New-York Historical Society’s Teen Leaders interns in collaboration with the Untold project.
Negotiating the Surrender of New Netherland Resource
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Negotiating the Surrender of New Netherland: How Two New Amsterdam Women Prevented a Colonial War
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