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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.
Grace Growden Galloway (1727–1782) was the wife of British loyalist Joseph Galloway.In the wake of the American Revolution, she faced severe hardships, including the confiscation of her property due to her husband's anti-independence stance, [1] [2] which led to the loss of her social standing and pride. [3]
Before the Revolution, Northern urban populations were overwhelmingly male; by 1806, women outnumbered men four to three in New York City. Increasing this disparity was the fact that the maritime industry was the largest employer of black males in the post-Revolutionary War period, taking many young black men away to sea for several years at a ...
The list includes books and journal articles written in English after c. 1900 as well as primary sources written by the individual themselves. The books included here were selected because they were either published by an academic press or major nationally known publisher or were reviewed in mainstream academic journals.
This suggestion earned her the nickname, "Mother of the Tea Party." She was an active member of the Daughters of Liberty throughout the Revolution, and in later years, she helped to coordinate volunteer nurses to assist with the Battle of Bunker Hill. [6] Sarah Franklin Bache was a Daughter of Liberty and the daughter of diplomat Benjamin ...
In all, 13 mothers took part in writing the fictional book, One Drop Holds the Sun, which is being launched in London. They come from Suffolk, Essex, London, Devon, Merseyside, Cambridgeshire and ...
The Baroness Friederike Charlotte Louise Riedesel zu Eisenbach (née von Massow; 11 July 1746 – 29 March 1808) was a German writer and the wife of Brunswick–Luneburg general Friedrich Adolf Riedesel, she kept a journal of her experiences as a spouse attached to the so-called Hessian forces during the American War of Independence.
The majority of registered voters say they accept President-elect Trump’s victory in the White House race, regardless of feelings, according to a recent exit poll. The YouGov/Economist survey ...