More Colonial Women: 25 Pioneers of Early America

by Carole Chandler Waldrup

Deborah Franklin was the wife of patriot Benjamin Franklin. She kept his business enterprise going and the home fires burning while Benjamin lived the good life in France and other European countries as a representative of the new United States government. Historians have described Lydia Mather as ""mad"" for almost 300 years, a claim based entirely on her husband's diary entries. Lydia's second husband was Cotton Mather and when anyone dared argue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786418397
• ISBN13: 9780786418398
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher