Bibliograph

Glory, passion, and principle, the story of eight remarkable women at the core of the American Revolution, Melissa Lukeman Bohrer

Type

Label

Glory, passion, and principle, the story of eight remarkable women at the core of the American Revolution, Melissa Lukeman Bohrer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Glory, passion, and principle

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Melissa Lukeman Bohrer

Sub title

the story of eight remarkable women at the core of the American Revolution

Summary

Profiles eight American women who made significant contributions to the American Revolution, from sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington, who rode twice as far as Paul Revere to alert patriots; to Deborah Samson, who posed as a man to fight as a Continental Army soldier; to Phyllis Wheatley, a slave and first-published African-American author

Table Of Contents

With the wind in her hair : Sibyl Ludington -- Breaking the chains of silence : Phillis Wheatley -- First advisers : Abigail Adams -- Her pen as sword : Mercy Otis Warren -- Spy games : Lydia Darragh -- A sister in arms : Molly Pitcher -- Soldier with a secret : Deborah Sampson -- A woman warrior : Nancy Ward

Target audience

juvenile

Classification