Remarkable Women of New England: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers: The War Years 1754 to 1787

by Carole Owens

Book Overview

In eighteenth-century America, information about a woman's life and accomplishments was very difficult to discover, but some woman were avid letter writers or devoted journal keepers, and thankfully some of those letters and journals were saved. These woman include Mary Gray Bidwell, a quiet country woman who had a front row seat on the war and the formation of the new nation. Elizabeth Edwards Burr whose husband founded Princeton University and her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493016687
• ISBN13: 9781493016686
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"