Jane Eustis (1723-1771)

Your husband abandons you, moving to Barbados where he marries another woman.
To support yourself you go into business as a store owner.
For one year you join the Patriots’ boycott of British imports, but when your business begins to suffer you return to selling British goods.
Your choice makes you unpopular, and newspapers call you out, telling people to boycott your shop.
In 1770 you leave Boston for England, where the stress of your losses takes its toll on your health and your sanity. You die in