Ladies of Liberty The Women Who Shaped Our Nation

"In Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts presents biographical portraits and behind-the-scenes vignettes chronicling women's public roles and private responsibilities." "Recounted and drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources - many of them previously unpublished - Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork for a better society. Almost every quotation here is written by a woman, to a woman, or about a woman. From first ladies to freethinkers, educators to explorers, this exceptional group includes Abigail Adams, Margaret Bayard Smith, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Catherine Adams, Eliza Hamilton, Theodosia Burr, Rebecca Gratz, Louisa Livingston, Rosalie Calvert, Sacajawea, and others. Roberts gives these ladies of liberty the recognition they so greatly deserve."--BOOK JACKET.Roberts, Cokie is the author of 'Ladies of Liberty The Women Who Shaped Our Nation', published 2007 under ISBN 9780060782344 and ISBN 006078234X.