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Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence. Civil War Wives: The Lives & Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis & Julia Dent Grant. Alfred A. Knopf. 2009. ISBN 9781400044467. OCLC 335678795. Wondrous Beauty: Betsy Bonaparte, the Belle of Baltimore Who Married Napoleon's Brother. Alfred A. Knopf. 2014.
Berkin, Carol (1997). First Generations: Women in Colonial America. Macmillan. ISBN 9780809016068. Berkin, Carol (2005). Revolutionary Mothers: Women In The Struggle For America's Independence. Knopf. ISBN 9781400041633. Berlin, Ira (2009). Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674020832.
The American Revolution was the first of the "Atlantic Revolutions": followed most notably by the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the Latin American wars of independence. Aftershocks contributed to rebellions in Ireland , the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the Netherlands.
These 12 books show the diversity of U.S. veterans, including women on the frontlines, unsung Black soldiers and Navajo code talkers.
Lucy Flucker Knox (August 2, 1756 – June 20, 1824) was an American revolutionary. She was the daughter of colonial official Thomas Flucker and Hannah Waldo, daughter of Samuel Waldo. She married Henry Knox, who became a leading officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lucy accompanied Henry and lived in the ...
Around the age of twelve, Dickinson's parents sent her to an apprenticeship at mantua making so that she could learn the trade of gown making. [11] Artisanal work in clothing production for Dickinson and other women was a way for them to earn money for their families at a young age, capitalizing on the social connections of these girls'/ women's families. [12]
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, a key figure in the early feminist movement, faced opposition from white feminist leaders such as Rebecca Latimer Felton and Frances Willard, who saw the feminist movement as an Anglo Saxon pursuit and built their rhetoric on white supremacy: "The Anglo-Saxon race," Willard wrote, "will never submit to be dominated by ...
Summary of Mozambican Refugee Accounts of Principally Conflict-Related Experience in Mozambique Report Submitted to: Ambassador Jonathan Moore Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs