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Author Roberts, Cokie.

Title Founding mothers : the women who raised our nation / Cokie Roberts.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : William Morrow, [2004]
©2004
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  973.30922 ROB    DUE 04-15-24
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  973.30922 ROB    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  973.30922 ROB    DUE 05-06-24
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Description xx, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Before 1775: The road to revolution -- 1775-1776: Independence -- 1776-1778: War and a nascent nation -- 1778-1782: Still more war and home-front activism -- 1782-1787: Peace and diplomacy -- 1787-1789: Constitution and the first election -- After 1789: Raising a nation.
Subject Women -- Biography.
Women -- Political activity -- History -- 18th century.
Women -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century.
Women -- History -- 18th century.
Women -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 0060090251
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SRP 2010 X
September 30 2010
SRP 2010 REVIEW: Cokie Roberts provides insight into the lives of many women who shaped our nation at its inception. I'll never forget the efforts of Mercy Owen, Elizabeth Pickney, Abigail Adams, and Martha Washington.
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