Founding mothers : the women who raised our nation /

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

Cokie Roberts's number one 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 he...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Cokie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : William Morrow, [2004]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women > United States > Biography.
Women > Political activity > United States > History > 18th century.
Women > Political activity > United States > History > 19th century.
Women > United States > History > 18th century.
Women > United States > History > 19th century.
Women.
Gender identity.
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.
Table of 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
  • Cast of characters
  • Recipes.

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