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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Catharine Greene (1755-1814)
		Catharine Littlefield was born on February 17, 1755, off the coast of Rhode Island on Block Island, which her family had helped settle in the 1660s.
		Her father, John Littlefield, served in the Rhode Island legislature, and her mother, Phebe Ray, was a descendant of the earliest settlers of Block Island.
		Greene's presence at her husband's encampments endeared her to the troops and to the other military leaders.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2711 (833 words)

	Catherine Littlefield Greene Biography and Summary
		Catherine Littlefield Greene (1755-1814) is credited with aiding Eli Whitney in his invention of the cotton gin--an invention that revolutionized the plantation economy of the American south.
		Greene invited Whitney to Mulberry Grove, her Savannah, Georgia, home, and suggested that he invent a machine to remove seeds from cotton bolls.
		Catharine Littlefield "Caty" Greene (17 Feb. 1755 -2 Sept. 1814) was the wife of American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene, a mother of five, and noted for being a supporter of inventor Eli Whitney.
	www.bookrags.com /Catherine_Littlefield_Greene (187 words)

	Nathanael Greene
		Greene was now much more cautious and he realized the importance of fighting a war of attrition and the necessity of being able to rally an army again, relatively unscathed, after a engaging in battle.
		Greene was not saved from such talk, for he was blamed for giving the Commander-in-Chief bad advice, yet Washington restated still his choice of Greene to replace him in the event of his death or capture.
		Greene planned the campaign well, for the march filled the need to gain the local militias along the way, and it combined nicely with his previous order to the new Quartermaster to explore and map the Dan River and gather boats for transport.
	www.harwich.edu /depts/history/HHJ/ngreenej.html (7422 words)

	Catherine Littlefield Greene - Definition, explanation
		Catharine Littlefield "Caty" Greene (1755-1814) was the wife of American Revolutionary War general Nathaniel Greene, a mother of five, and noted for being a supporter of inventor Eli Whitney.
		Catherine now saw before her a "tired, haggard ex-soldier who had given himself to a belief, had signed away his future life, in fact, for that cause." Catherine resolved to do everything in her power to help him.
		Catherine stayed at the plantation until she died in 1814 and is buried there.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/ca/catherine_littlefield_greene.php (903 words)

	Greene Homestead
		Also in that room there is an original painting of Nathanael Greene hanging on the wall over the fireplace done by one of Gilbert Stuart's number one apprentices.
		The upstairs bedroom, which at one time belonged to Elizabeth Margaret Greene, the general's grand-niece, had a sliding children's bed underneath her own elaborate wooden framed bed.
		To learn more about the General Nathanael Greene Homestead and the rich history of this "forgotten American hero" as Mierka refers to him as, drop by the homestead museum during their regular showing times, which are Wednesdays and Saturdays, April through October, from 10 a.m.
	schools.coventryschools.net /slearning/greene_homestead.htm (817 words)

	stmarysmagazine.com Blog » History
		Catherine Littlefield Greene Miller Catherine Littlefield (Caty to her friends) was a vivacious little woman and a favorite of George and Martha Washington.
		Her husband, General Nathaniel Greene, was considered by Washington to be the best of his generals to succeed him.
		Catherine Littlefield Greene Miller, “Loyal Friend,” died on Cumberland Island at the age of 60.
	stmarysmagazine.com /blog/category/history (2147 words)

	Major General George Sears Greene Rhode Island's Own Part Two: Civil War Biography Page ONE
		Since the Greenes were Quakers and against the practice of slavery, at an early age young George was brought up to be vehemently opposed to it as an institution, believing it to be a contradiction to the American Constitution and immoral.
		His 6th generation father Caleb Greene, Jr., June 17, 1772 to December 4, 1853, was the successful ship’s Captain of a merchant vessel that sailed and traded with many European ports of call in the late 18th and early 19th Century during the very troublesome times between America and Britain on the high seas.
		By 1900, the G. Greene house in Apponaug was owned by Francis Vinton Greene who served as Lieutenant on his father's staff during the Civil War and served with distinction as a general at Manila with Dewey and Arthur MacArthur during the Spanish-American War.
	www.geocities.com /amierka/gsgreene.html (2186 words)

	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park - People (U.S. National Park Service)
		Nathanael Greene was born in Rhode Island in 1742 to Quaker parents.
		In May 1775, Greene was commissioned as a brigadier general of militia commanding the three regiments raised in Rhode Island for service with Washington’s army at Boston.
		Greene was immediately recommended and was appointed to command in October.
	www.nps.gov /guco/historyculture/people.htm (1500 words)

	Membershipdrive
		Catherine Littlefield Greene worked directly with Eli Whitney in helping to develop the first working model.
		Today, we can look back to the time of Catherine Littlefield Greene and see the social forces at work that prevented her from receiving the credit she was due.
		We need to recognize the importance of the role that women played in the factories and on the home front, and honor those women who served on the battlefield, many times losing their lives alongside soldiers who returned home to greater glory.
	www.nwhm.org /about/srletter2.htm (472 words)

	Woman as Inventor by Matilda Joslyn Gage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Greene conceived the idea of such a machine, and intrusted its construction to the hands of Eli Whitney, then boarding with her, who possessed the usual New England facility in the use of tools.
		Greene's ideas, a small working model was completed, so perfect in its construction that all succeeding gins have been based upon it.
		Greene, then a widow, did not take out the patent in her own name; but to have done so would have exposed her to the ridicule and contumely of her friends and a loss of position in society, which frowned upon any attempt at an outside industry for woman.
	www.pinn.net /~sunshine/gage/features/wai.html (3963 words)

	USGenWeb Rhode Island Articles, Block Island, Page 1
		The Cornelia of the letters is Cornelia Lott Greene (married for the second time to Edward Littlefield) daughter of Catherine Littlefield Greene and General Nathanael Greene.
		Greene were intimate friends of George and Martha Washington and named their first two children after them.
		It was mailed from Dungeness the estate of Catherine Littlefield Greene, her aunt and wife of General Nathanael Greene, on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
	www.rootsweb.com /~rigenweb/blockisl.html (1566 words)

	Glenn Gohr's Home Page—Famous and Nearly Famous Relatives
		Catherine “Caty” (Littlefield) Greene, who was married to Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene, is from the Edmund Littlefield of Maine line, and I descend from the William Littlefield of Maryland line.
		Catherine is a notable woman who is a Revolutionary War patriot and is listed in “Who’s Who of American Women.” For more information on Catherine Littlefield and General Nathanael Greene, see my LITTLEFIELD GENEALOGY Page.
		Littlefield in 1914 established the Littlefield Fund for Southern History to collect archival material on the history of Texas, and during the remaining six years of his life he gave well over $100,000 to the fund.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~gohrpage/famous.html (6226 words)

	Glenn Gohr's Home Page—Littlefield/Lilifeld/Litrefils Genealogy
		The Littlefield family history is quite interesting and includes such notable people as George Washington Littlefield for whom the town of Littlefield, Texas, is named and who also donated a large sum of money to the University of Texas at Austin.
		Catherine (Littlefield) Greene, the wife of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene, is also reported to be a relative, but the exact kinship to me is still unproven.
		Research is now being done in England to hopefully tie in all of the Littlefield families in the U.S., especially the Edmund Littlefield family that first settled in Wells, Maine in the 1600s and the William Littlefield family that settled in Maryland in the 1700s.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~gohrpage/littlefield.html (2906 words)

	Marriages Greene B
		These marriages have been edited and revised from the origninal Marriage Index from Greene Co., Ms.
		BATSON, M(elbourn) L(ayette) GREENE, Mamie (Mary Alice Gertrude) 1902 January,04
		BERRY, C(ornelius) J (Dick) BYRD, Lizzie (Catherine Elizabeth) 1909 January,04
	www.mississippiconnections.nisa.com /marriage/greene/m-g-b.html (1229 words)

	Book Review: "Founding mother"
		Roberts writes: "Catherine Littlefield Greene was raised in an unconventional family on the somewhat wild Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island.
		The intelligent and vivacious Littlefield eventually moved to the mainland and married Nathaniel Greene of Potowomut (Warwick), who became an American Revolutionary War general.
		Greene is noted for his campaigns against the British in North and South Carolina between 1780 and 1782, and as a military leader — many historians rank him second only to George Washington.
	www.blockislandtimes.com /News/2004/0710/News/021.html (591 words)

	Biography of Catherine Littlefield Greene \| termpapers on Catherine Littlefield Greene
		Her husband, Nathanael Greene, was a decorated army officer who served with distinction during the Revolutionary War.A question that has appeared on history tests in public schools around the United States for over a century is "Who invented the Cotton Gin?" While most would answer "Eli Whitney," this answer may not be correct.
		After her marriage Catherine left Mulberry Grove and moved to Miller's home on Cumberland Island, where she died on July 20, 1814, at the age of fifty-nine.
		As her surviving children were known to remark, there was irony in the fact that Catherine Greene, who disliked sea voyages, ended her life as it had begun: on a sea island.
	www.vipessays.com /biographies/Catherine_Littlefield_Greene-27924.html (372 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		The classic example is Catherine Littlefield Greene of Georgia (1755-1814).
		She is unknown to the general public, but experts on invention agree that Eli Whitney could not have developed the cotton gin---the quintessential American invention---without Greene's advice.
		For Catherine Greene and the cotton gin, see the Introduction to the same book, or Appendix A-2 of Mothers and Daughters of Invention, by Autumn Stanley.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/whm1.html (451 words)

	Eli Whitney
		While I was down there I stayed with a widow named, Catherine Littlefield Greene.
		Catherine soon was very impressed by my mechanical skills.
		One night Catherine and I got to talking about growing green-seed cotton and how difficult it is to grow it profitably because of the time it took to clean.
	www.northstar.k12.ak.us /schools/ryn/projects/inventors/whitney/whitney.html (746 words)

	Catherine Littlefield Greene Invention Information and Resources
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		Catherine Littlefield Greene (1755-1814) is credited with aiding Eli Whitney in his invention of the cotton gin--an...
		unresolved is whether or not Catherine Littlefield Greene should be credited with the invention of the cotton gin, or at...
	www.patentsdiy.com /more/patents/Catherine-Littlefield-Greene-Invention.html (415 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In this article Andrews mentioned how Catherine Littlefield Greene suggested to Whitney the use of a brush-like component instrumental in the machine's success.
		Historians later explored this idea, and some consider that Catherine Littlefield Greene, Whitney's landlady, should be credited with the invention of the cotton gin, or at least with the original concept.
		Women were not eligible to receive patents in the early U.S., and Greene may have asked Whitney to obtain it for her.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=cotton_gin (808 words)

	Eli Whitney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Soon he met the widow of a hero in the American Revolutionary War.
		While Whitney studied law, Catherine invited him to live in her house.
		Whitney wanted to be useful, so he began fixing broken items around the house.
	library.thinkquest.org /5443/eliwhitney.html (270 words)

	Learn about inventor Eli Whitney.
		Some people believe that a slave actually invented the cotton gin, or that at the very least, Whitney was not the first to do so.
		Other historians argue that Catherine Littlefield Greene, wife of General Nathaniel Greene, was the brains behind the cotton gin.
		At any rate, most accounts consider Eli Whitney the inventor of the cotton gin, the first of which was a small wooden box that would enable the user to put in a cotton boll, turn a crank, and have the machine remove the seeds.
	www.history1700s.com /store/eli-whitney.shtml (305 words)

	OurCoast.com :: Savannah City Guide
		General Greene is also honored by the obelisk in Johnson Square, where he and his son are now buried.
		In gratitude for his service, General Greene was given Mulberry Grove Plantation, where he died at 44 of sunstroke.
		It was at Mulberry Grove in 1793 that young Eli Whitney took time out from tutoring the Greene children to invent the cotton gin, with the help of Catherine Littlefield "Caty" Greene, widow of the brave General.
	www.ourcoast.com /savannahcityguide/visiting/squares/greene.shtml (138 words)

	Fodors.com > Features > Sights > 6 Places to Celebrate American Independence
		Second in command to George Washington, Nathanael Greene played a critical role in the war's most decisive clashes -- the battles of Trenton, Yorktown, and the Carolinas.
		At his homestead, to the west of Providence, Greene entertained the Marquis de Lafayette, the Comte de General Rochambeau, and other notables.
		To reach the Greene homestead from Providence, head west on Route 14, south on Route 116, east on Route 117, and south on Laurel Avenue; turn left on Greene Street and follow the signs.
	www.fodors.com /features/nfdisplay1.cfm?name=si/040615_si_amerindependence.cfm&CFID=2252411&CFTOKEN=93177751 (1111 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		That is because she was a bright and adventuresome woman and also the wife of General Nathaniel Greene.
		The time line of Major General Nathaniel Greene of Warwick Rhode Island was 1742 to 1786 and Catherine Littlefield Greene (Kitty), of Block Island, Rhode Island was 1755 to 1814.
		From the marriage of Peter Reynolds the II and Rhoda Mariah Greene, their son, Leeman Dyer Reynolds married Catherine Jane Smith of Harper’s Ferry, VA. She may have come originally from Holland.
	pollett.net /crane.html (1662 words)

	Women's history celebrated during month of March - News
		According to Myra and David Sadker's book, Failing at Fairness: How America's Schools Cheat Girls, Whitney's original design of the cotton gin was flawed in that it caused the seeds to be clogged in the rollers.
		Catherine Littlefield Greene, a widow of a Revolutionary War general who owned the mansion where Whitney worked, came up with the idea to use brushes for the seeds.
		But, at a time when it was unlikely for a woman to patent an invention, Greene received no credit for her idea that would change the way cotton is produced forever.
	www.easttennessean.com /news/2004/02/26/News/Womens.History.Celebrated.During.Month.Of.March-618794.shtml (1017 words)

	BOOK TV.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The book tells the stories of the women of the American Revolution who helped to shape the young nation.
		Drawing from the diaries and letters of such women as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinckney and Catherine Littlefield Greene, Roberts reconstructs the details of daily life that played a role in the establishment of the United States.
		Author Bio: Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News and news analyst for National Public Radio.
	www.booktv.org /history/index.asp?segID=4526&schedID=268 (170 words)

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