LADIES OF LIBERTY

ROBERTS, COKIE - In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the heroic women whose patriotism and sacrifice helped create a new nation Now the number one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator praised in USA Today as a custodian of time-honored values continues the story of early America's influential women with Ladies of Liberty In her delightfully intimate and confiding style (Publishers Weekly), Roberts presents a colorful blend of biographical portraits and behind-the-scenes vignettes chronicling women's public roles and private responsibilities Recounted with the insight and humor of an expert storyteller and drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources many of them previously unpublished Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork for a better society Almost every quotation here is written by a woman, to a woman, or about a woman From first ladies to freethinkers, educators to explorers, this exceptional group includes Abigail Adams, Margaret Bayard Smith, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Catherine Adams, Eliza Hamilton, Theodosia Burr, Rebecca Gratz, Louisa Livingston, Rosalie Calvert, Sacajawea, and others In a much-needed addition to the shelves of Founding Father literature, Roberts sheds new light on the generation of heroines, reformers, and visionaries who helped shape our nation, giving these ladies of liberty the recognition they so greatly deserve (less) Hardcover, 481 pages Published April 8th 2008 by William Morrow (first published April 1st 2008)