Title: Revolutionary women in the War for American Independence
First published: 1998
Description: This modern, annotated adaptation of the original three-volume edition of Women of the American Revolution by Elizabeth Ellet restores, in a single volume, a unique compilation of the roles played by eighty-four American women in the Revolutionary War. A best-seller in the 1850s, Ellet's work is here carefully edited for today's readers by a distinguished Revolutionary War historian. It contains a new introduction and many explanatory footnotes.

A new organization arranges these biographies from north to south by colony, underlining the vast differences in class and culture among the various states.
Subjects: Women, Biography, History, Vrouwen, Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog, Revolutionärin, Biografie, Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg, Femmes, Unabhängigkeitskrieg, Women, united states, history, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, biography
Places: United States
Time periods: Revolution, 1775-1783, 18th century
LC classification: E276 .E45 1998