In the summer of 1787, the Founding Fathers of the United States of America met in Philadelphia, PA to draft what would become the governing document of the nation. Originally intending to simply revise the Articles of Confederation, they ended up completely restructuring the government. Richard Beeman traces the debates leading up to the ratification of the Constitution in this scholarly text. 

This historiographical text examines the every day life of women in post-revolutionary America. It uses the diary of Martha Ballard as a lens from which to examine important but often unstudied aspects of life from this period. A must-read for any fan of women's history!