Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence
- Synopsis
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Berkin (American history, Baruch College and City U. of New York) explores women's roles in creating a new nation during the American Revolution and its aftermath, as revealed in the words and actions of individual women. The accounts include well-known figures--Abigail Adams, Deborah Franklin, Lucy Knox, Martha Washington--as well as ordinary white, Native American, and African American women taking care of their families; keeping farms and shops; boycotting British manufactured goods; traveling with the army as cooks, laundresses, and nurses; and sometimes serving as spies and couriers. Academic but accessible to the general reader. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307427496
- Related ISBNs:
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9781400041633,
9781400075324
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books
- Date of Addition:
- 01/07/11
- Copyrighted By:
- Carol Berkin
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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History,
Nonfiction,
Biographies and Memoirs
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- Bookshare Staff
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