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Glory, Passion, and Principle de Melissa Lukeman Bohrer

Glory, Passion, and Principle

Autor Melissa Lukeman Bohrer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 feb 2004
The heroism of the females of the American Revolution has gone from memory with the generation that witnessed it, and nothing, absolutely nothing, remains upon the ear of the young of the present day. -- Charles Francis Adams
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin -- these are the names we typically associate with the American Revolution. But was American History solely written by men? Were there no influential women? No women who had an impact on the founding of America in its crucial, formative years, in its fight for independence? Indeed, there were -- although their contributions have been overlooked or ignored for over two hundred years. Until now.Glory, Passion, and Principle is an extraordinary journey through revolutionary America as seen from a woman's perspective. Here are the lesser-known stories of eight influential females who fought for freedom -- for their country and themselves -- at all costs. Whether advising prominent male leaders in political theory (Abigail Adams), using their pens as swords (Phillis Wheatley, Mercy Otis Warren), acting as military spies (Sybil Ludington, Lydia Darragh), or going to battle (Molly Pitcher, Deborah Sampson, Nancy Ward), these women broke free of the limitations imposed upon them, much as our forefathers did by resisting British rule upon American soil...and laying the groundwork for the United States as we know it today.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780743453318
ISBN-10: 074345331X
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 139 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Atria Books

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Cuprins

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

With the Wind in Her Hair:

SYBIL LUDINGTON

Breaking the Chains of Silence:

PHILLIS WHEATLEY

First Adviser:

ABIGAIL ADAMS

Her Pen as Sword:

MERCY OTIS WARREN

Spy Games:

LYDIA DARRAGH

A Sister in Arms:

MOLLY PITCHER

Soldier with a Secret:

DEBORAH SAMPSON

A Woman Warrior:

NANCY WARD

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX