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| Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation | 
 enlarge | Author: Cokie Roberts
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 9495
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.7 x 1.7
ISBN: 006078234X
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.099
EAN: 9780060782344
ASIN: 006078234X
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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 Ladies of Liberty June 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great sequel to Founding Mothers. Wouldn't it be great if history were taught this way? We forget that those starched and stuffy people, with sophisticated speech and elaborate manners, were just as real as you and me. Only they had a good deal more adversity in their lives than we can begin to imagine. Especially the women. A must read.
Excellent--very well researched and written. June 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fascinating book about early American history, specifically the lives of a number of prominent and not so prominent real women who lived it. Ms. Roberts quotes from the letters and journals of the first American women, and although this is a factual and well-researched history it is very interesting to read. I wish my American History classes had assigned this book! Highly recommended for anyone who liked the John Adams or Ben Franklin biographies, especially as companion books because the same events are frequently mentioned from different perspectives in each. Besides the prominent women of the era, Roberts includes fascinating accounts from the actual journals of a number of interesting women that I know you have never heard of.
Ladys of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation. June 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book gave me an amazing incite into how much women have always been involved in the political process. In today's world it is thought that the current wives of the Presidential candidates are forging new inroads, but it is apparent that women have always played a pivitol role in politics and in their husbands campaigns. Thank you Cokie!
Ladies of Liberty August 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent review of history from women's viewpoints. The recearch was very well done and events factual. I felt as if I were reliving those times with the women who shaped them. Luisa Adams especially showed her mettle in very dificult situations as, of course, did Abigale and Dolley Madison! Thanks Cokie for bringing them to life for me.
Excellent reading!!!!! May 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cokie Roberts has done it again! What a great look into the lives and times of the women "behind the great men". It also is a reminder that the turmoil in our political arena today is not so differant than it was then. It is what makes the political process work for us. This book illuminates the important role these women made in creating our history.
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