the story of eight remarkable women at the core of the American revolution
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Bohrer, Melissa Lukeman
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B4553 - B
- Thesaurus
- pioniers, politiek, vrouwen in mannenberoepen, militaire beroepen, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- This book tells the story of eight women who helped found and form the country that is America today, women as important in their own way as George Washington or Thomas Jefferson, but completely overlooked in the annals of history. Among these women are Abigail Adams, wife to one president and mother to another, a great intellect in her own right: Sybil Ludington, the female Paul Revere, who took a daring ride twice as long—and dangerous—to warn the Patriots the British were coming: Deborah Samson, the first female Sergeant, who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Continental Army.