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Women of the Mayflower. There are precious few records of the women who boarded the Mayflower, but their strength and role in the voyage and settling in America cannot be underestimated. Eighteen adult women boarded the Mayflower at Plymouth, with three of them at least six months pregnant.
Governor William Bradford reported that the Pilgrims were worried that the "weak bodies of women" would not be able to withstand the rigors of a trans-Atlantic voyage and the construction of a colony. Prior to the Mayflower, very few English women had made the voyage across the ocean.
Mary Chilton Winslow has the distinction of being the first woman to step foot on Plymouth Rock as the Pilgrims descended from the Mayflower after crossing the Atlantic in 1620. Mary was born sometime around 1608, probably in England.
Of the eighteen women who began the journey, only five (Susanna White, Eleanor Billington, Elizabeth Hopkins, Katherine Carver, and Mary Brewster) were alive by the spring of 1621. Of these 5 women, Katherine Carver, wife of Plimoth’s first governor John Carver, would not live to see the year’s end.
Most of the Pilgrims felt that the bodies of girls were too weak to make the voyage on the Mayflower, and felt that girls were not strong enough to survive the hardships of building a colony.
Ten Female Pilgrims Who Made History Uncover the story of 10 extraordinary women with unforgettable pilgrimage experiences. These pilgrimages are clear examples of their connection to the...
The Pilgrim Woman, Part 2. This short film in the digital My Mayflower film series returns to the fascinating story of Rachel Carter and the creation of the Pilgrim Woman. A talented textile artist from the Pilgrim Roots region, Rachel can trace her ancestors back to the very places in England from where many of the Pilgrims came before they ...
