Glory, passion, and principle
Subtitle: the story of eight remarkable women at the core of the American Revolution
By: Melissa Lukeman Bohrer.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Women -- United States -- Biography; Women -- United States -- History -- 18th century; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Profiles eight American women who made significant contributions to the American Revolution, from sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington, who rode twice as far as Paul Revere to alert patriots; to Deborah Samson, who posed as a man to fight as a Continental Army soldier; to Phyllis Wheatley, a slave and first-published African-American author.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sybil Ludington; title: Phillis Wheatley; title: Abigail Adams; title: Mercy Otis Warren; title: Lydia Darragh; title: Molly Pitcher; title: Deborah Sampson; title: Nancy Ward.