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Founding Mothers - Cokie Roberts
Founding Mothers
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Cokie Roberts' #1 New York Times bestseller We Are Our Mothers Daughters examined the nature of women's roles throughout history and led USA Today to praise her as a "custodian of time-honored values." Her second bestseller, From This Day Forward, written with her husband, Steve Roberts,... show more
Cokie Roberts' #1 New York Times bestseller We Are Our Mothers Daughters examined the nature of women's roles throughout history and led USA Today to praise her as a "custodian of time-honored values." Her second bestseller, From This Day Forward, written with her husband, Steve Roberts, described American marriages throughout history. Now Cokie returns with Founding Mothers, an intimate look at the passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their families and country proved just as crucial to the forging of a new nation as the rebellion that established it.Roberts reveals the often surprising stories of these fascinating women, bringing to life the everyday trials of individuals like Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Eliza Pinckney, Mary Bartlett and Martha Washington - proving that without our exemplary women, the new country might have never survived.Social history at its best, Founding Mothers unveils the...
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780061867460 (0061867462)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
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Reading For The Heck Of It
Reading For The Heck Of It rated it
5.0 Historical figures: Awesome ladies edition
This book was just what was needed to pull me out of a reading slump. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts is an account of the women who supported and helped shape the development of the democratic government in the United States. While I initially thought that this wo...
Feminism in Cold Storage
Feminism in Cold Storage rated it
4.0 Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
Reading Through The World
Reading Through The World rated it
3.0
An interesting look into the daily lives of the women who helped found our nation. I enjoyed looking back into colonial times and finding out more about influential women in our history. This is a bit of a slow read, and the stories get a bit muddled at times, but you walk away learning a lot.
An Excellent Library
An Excellent Library rated it
1.0
Abandoned about two chapters in. This book read like a textbook, only with limited headings or other organizational structure, I had a hard time keeping track of exactly whom I was reading about at any given time.
JasonKoivu
JasonKoivu rated it
2.0 Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
Having read numerous biographies on the men from this era, I was eager to read about the female side of things. I should have read something by a better writer with more knowledge on historical matters.In Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation Cokie Roberts often gets her facts slightly a...
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