First famous as the wife of a Declaration of Independence signer, Annis Boudinot Stockton later gained renown as a prolific, patriotic poet. Alisa Dupuy portrays this remarkable individual in an Ocean County Library Women’s History Month presentation, “The Ladies of History: Annis Boudinot Stockton,” on Thursday, March 20, 6 p.m. at the Little Egg Harbor branch.
Stockton’s prominent family in Princeton gave her social stature. Historians trace her first poem to 1753, shortly before she wed attorney Richard Stockton, namesake of Stockton University.
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