Revolutionary Women: Lady Johnson, Angelica Schuyler and the Politics of Loyalty

On Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 2pm, Johnson Hall and Schuyler Mansion State Historic Sites will offer a presentation on Revolutionary Women at the New York State Museum’s Huxley Theater. This event is free and open to the public. No registration required. In the spring of 1776, a dramatic arrest and an uneasy imprisonment placed two prominent women, Lady Mary Watts Johnson and Angelica Schuyler, on opposite sides of the conflict and at the heart of a growing political storm. Two engaging talks by Ian Mumpton, Interpretive Programs Assistant at Johnson Hall, and Danielle Funiciello, Interpretive Programs Assistant at Fort Ontario, as well as a discussion moderated by Schuyler Mansion Historic Site Assistant Kayla Whitehouse, will detail how status, loyalty, family ties, and personal conviction shaped individual choices during the early days of the Revolution. The program will also consider how Johnson’s and Schuyler’s actions may have carried consequences far beyond what appears in the traditional historical interpretation.