lucymontero:lexkixass:mooglemisbehaving:gogogadgetgoatkins:Mary Bowser, former slave of the Van Lew
lucymontero:lexkixass:mooglemisbehaving:gogogadgetgoatkins:Mary Bowser, former slave of the Van Lew family, infiltrated the Confederacy by working as a servant in the household of Jefferson Davis. Bowser was assumed to be illiterate, and as a black woman was below suspicion. Practically invisible, she was able to listen to conversations between Confederate officials and read sensitive documents, gathering information that she handed over to the Union.(From National Woman’s History Museum Facebook Page)This needs to be a movie. Like, now.I’d watch this movie.How is this not a movie? -- source link