Can anyone help me improve the profile for Peggy Shippen Arnold?

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So, I recently cleaned up a very GEDcom-mess profile for Peggy Shippen Arnold (wife of Benedict Arnold). I put a fairly basic looking bio on there, and some more decent sources than she had before. But I was hoping someone with some better expertise could make a more beautiful looking bio for her? Her husband has an amazing looking one, and I don't want her to be left out considering the fact that she has her own separate Wikipedia page from him (so they were of equal importance in my book!)
WikiTree profile: Peggy Arnold
in Genealogy Help by Liz Marshall G2G6 Pilot (112k points)
It's important to note that we (well, most of us) are genealogists, not trained historians. In the case of famous persons, I believe that we should outline the facts and then refer to authoritative sources for the interpretation of the facts.

I think the bio is fine for the purposes of WikiTree, although you might want to clarify that she spied for the British not the Colonists. Or, you might want to remove that entirely; historians differ on whether or not she was the provocateur in the Arnold incident. That's an example, in my opinion, of an interpretation of the facts that should be out of bounds for us.

I believe that the best way to elaborate on the profile is to refer to some scholarly works. At minimum, it would be wise to provide a link to her page on Wikipedia, which cites more than a dozen scholarly works.

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Liz, her bio looks really good, thank you for taking care of it and cleaning it up. I agree, I would think someone should spruce her bio up a little more. I will defer to someone who has more experience than I do considering who she is. Thanks again for taking care of the bio, you did an excellent job!
by Michael Smith G2G6 Pilot (213k points)
selected by Laura Enomoto
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Hi Liz,  Per your request, I went ahead and added your sources to the narrative as inline references.  Very interesting lady, I enjoyed reading about her.  Thank you kindly.
by Paula Reinke G2G6 Pilot (103k points)

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