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Founding mothers : the women who raised our nation Cover Image Book

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

Roberts, Cokie. (Author).

Summary:

Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, Dolley Payne Madison, Deborah Read Franklin, and Catherine Littlefield Greene.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060090251
  • ISBN: 9780060090258
  • Physical Description: xx, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, [2004]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-348) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject:
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.
Womyn.
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.

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Marion Library 973.3092 ROB (Text) 37810434216486 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/07/2026

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