Elizabeth Page “Molly” Stark, wife of General John Stark and mother of 11 children, was a homemaker, patriot, and defender of her household whose love, courage, and self-reliance reflected the virtues of many hearty women in frontier New England’s 18th-century towns. Her strength and devotion to husband, home, and family sustained her, as they did many women and families, during the constant French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution, when husbands were called to duty for their country. Molly Stark was General Stark’s inspiration in his victory over the forces of Great Britain at the Battle of Bennington on August 16, 1777, when he told his men, “The enemy are ours or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow.” General Stark’s victory march from Bennington to his home, his beloved Molly, and their family in New Hampshire is thought to have followed the same path as Vermont’s Route 9, recognized in 1936 as “The Molly Stark Trail” and officially given that name by the State of Vermont in 1967.