Women Heroes of the American Revolution
20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and Rescue
Chicago Review Press · Print & ebook · July 1, 2017
Every schoolchild knows about Paul Revere’s 20-mile ride to warn that the British were coming.
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- Who it’s for
- Twenty biographical profiles bring lesser-known women of the American Revolution into view.
- Themes
- Women in the American Revolution, Biographical profiles, Espionage, sabotage, and rescue
- Genres
- Women's Lives, Colonial & Revolutionary America for Teens, Lives in History
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Every schoolchild knows about Paul Revere’s 20-mile ride to warn that the British were coming. Far fewer know that 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode twice as far to help her father, Colonel Ludington, muster his scattered troops to fight a marauding enemy. Few know about Martha Bratton, who blew up a supply of gunpowder to keep it from approaching British troops and boldly claimed, “It was I who did it!”
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Susan Casey gives Ludington, Bratton, and 18 other remarkable girls and women of the Revolution the spotlight they deserve in this lively collection of biographical profiles. Drawing on interviews with historians and descendants as well as primary source material, this is an invaluable resource for any student’s or history buff’s bookshelf.
Revolutionary Women
Twenty biographical profiles bring lesser-known women of the American Revolution into view.
Come here for
- Stories of espionage, sabotage, defiance, and rescue
- Women whose wartime actions deserve a closer look
Expect
- A lively collection of 20 biographical profiles
- Profiles informed by historians, descendants, and primary sources
Where it sits
| Colonial & Revolutionary America for Teens | 88% |
|---|---|
| Lives in History | 80% |
| Women's Lives | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- U.S. Military History
- Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
- Women's Studies
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- Women's Lives
- Authors
- Susan Casey
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Published
- July 1, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Women in the American Revolution · Biographical profiles · Espionage, sabotage, and rescue
- Reading lane
- Lives in History