Founding MothersBy: Cokie Roberts
Category: NON FICTION
Guide Created By: Marnie
Discussion Leader(s): Marnie & JoanK
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Guide DescriptionFinally a book that tells the women's side of the story of the American Revolution and the founding of our country! Founding Mothers is packed full of anecdotes that show how women helped to influence the Founding Fathers and to shape our nation.
Plot SynopsisWhat were the women doing while America's Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, fought the British, and created the government? Founding Mothers describes how wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, and lovers supported, encouraged, advised, and even spied for these men and fought for their country. The women were savvy business managers, valiant warriors, intriguers, poets, writers, and mothers who sacrificed much and who managed and defended the farms, plantations, businesses, and homes when their men were gone. Here, intermingled with a brief history of the Revolution, are fascinating and little-known anecdotes and stories that reveal the invaluable role these women played in forming our nation.
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