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Betsy Ross

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The Resume

    (January 1, 1752-January 30, 1836)
    Birth name is Elizabeth Griscom Ross
    Operator of a Philadelphia upholstery business
    Alleged creator of the American flag

Why she might be annoying:

    There has been controversy over whether she actually sewed the first American flag.
    No real viable evidence has surfaced to show she is the flag's creator.
    She may have been a fraud.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was born with a fully formed set of teeth.
    According to legend, George Washington asked her to sew a flag for the United States, which she did and presented to him (June 1776).
    She never had much luck with marriage, as her first husband was killed while on militia duty. Her second onw died in an enemy prison, and her third passed away from illness.
    She is an American icon.

Credit: Ratman


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 330 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 186 Votes: 44.09% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 144 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 128 Votes: 46.09% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 731 Votes: 48.97% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 132 Votes: 50.76% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1819 Votes: 47.17% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 180 Votes: 48.89% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 134 Votes: 64.18% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 133 Votes: 48.87% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 112 Votes: 51.79% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 51 Votes: 39.22% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 122 Votes: 31.15% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 227 Votes: 45.37% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 196 Votes: 40.31% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 245 Votes: 45.31% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 445 Votes: 43.37% Annoying