Polly Robinson
person
2 mentions
1 recordings
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 17 Apr
↑2 vs the 12 months before
A woman who was drummed out of the Continental Army for suspected prostitution and engagement in sex work.
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Peak in the week of 17 Apr — 2 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentProfessor John McCurdyBetwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · Sex Work in the American Revolution · 20:14 · 17 Apr
…Polly Robinson, she's drummed out along with a woman named Marcy because there's a suspicion that these women are engaging in prostitution.…
Professor John McCurdyBetwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · Sex Work in the American Revolution · 20:05 · 17 Apr
…There's a woman named Polly Robinson who is drummed out of the Corps, and this is drummed by the Continental Army, by the American Army in 1778.…
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