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Ann Wood Henry (January 21, 1734 – March 8, 1799) served as treasurer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and became the first woman in Pennsylvania's history to hold public office. She was the wife of William Henry, a gunsmith, inventor, delegate to the Continental Congress, and patriot in the American Revolution.[1][2][3]
- ^ Francis Jordan, Jr., The Life of William Henry of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1729-1786 (Lancaster, Pa., 1910).
- ^ George Steinman, "Ann Wood Henry: Lancaster County's Woman Treasurer," Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society (1896): 69-71.
- ^ John Joseph Henry, An Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of That Band of Heroes, Who Traversed the Wilderness in the Campaign Against Quebec in 1775 (Lancaster, Pa., 1812).