Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts

While the men were busy founding the nation, what were the women up to? While much has been written about the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, battled the British, and framed the Constitution, the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters they left behind have been little noticed by history. Roberts brings us the women who fought the Revolution as valiantly as the men, often defending their very doorsteps. While the men went off to war or to Congress, the women managed their business, raised their children, provided them with political advice. The behind-the-scenes influence of these women – and their sometimes very public activities – was intelligent and pervasive.

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