Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation

Harper Perennial

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UPC:
9780060782351
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
3/24/2009
Release Date:
3/24/2009
Author:
Cokie Roberts
Language:
english
Edition:
Reprint
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Product Overview

In this eye-opening companion volume to her acclaimed history Founding Mothers, number-one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork for a better society. Recounted with insight and humor, and drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources, many of them previously unpublished, here are the fascinating and inspiring true stories of first ladies and freethinkers, educators and explorers. Featuring an exceptional group of womenincluding Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Rebecca Gratz, Louise Livingston, Sacagawea, and othersLadies of Liberty sheds new light on the generation of heroines, reformers, and visionaries who helped shape our nation, finally giving these extraordinary ladies the recognition they so greatly deserve.