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Women of the American Revolution Hardcover – October 7, 2022

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“This is an extremely well-rounded collection of biographies that delves into the personal lives, professional accomplishments, and influences on the American Revolution of a wide variety of women from the days of a freshly formed, burgeoning America that will appeal to readers of women’s history and American history.” -Booklist

Women of the American Revolution explores the trials of war and daily life for women in the United States during the War of Independence. What challenges were caused by the division within communities as some stayed loyal to the king and others became patriots? How much choice did women have as their loyalties were assumed to be that of their husbands or fathers?

The lives of women of the American Revolution will be examined through an intimate look at some significant women of the era. Many names will be familiar, such as Martha Washington who traveled to winter camps to care for her husband and rally the troops and Abigail Adams who ran the family’s farms and raised children during John’s long absences. Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, popularized by Lin Manual Miranda’s Hamilton, was also an early activist working tirelessly for multiple social causes. Decide for yourself if the espionage of Agent 355 or the ride of Sybil Ludington are history or myth.

Not all American women served the side of the revolutionaries. Peggy Shippen gambled on the loyalist side and paid severe consequences. From early historian Mercy Otis Warren to Dolley Madison, who defined what it means to be a US First Lady, women of the American Revolution strived to do more than they had previously thought possible during a time of hardship and civil war.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The American War for Independence - 1
Chapter 2 Martha Dandridge Custis Washington - 7
Chapter 3 Agent 355 - 29
Chapter 4 Sybil Ludington - 36
Chapter 5 Mercy Otis Warren - 44
Chapter 6 Margaret Shippen Arnold - 62
Chapter 7 Deborah Sampson Gannett - 83
Chapter 8 Abigail Smith Adams - 92
Chapter 9 Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton - 118
Chapter 10 Dolley Payne Todd Madison - 140
Chapter 11 Revolutionary Women - 159
Acknowledgements - 161
Notes - 162
Bibliography - 180
Index - 183
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  6. ISBN-10
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  7. ISBN-13
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“This is an extremely well-rounded collection of biographies that delves into the personal lives, professional accomplishments, and influences on the American Revolution of a wide variety of women from the days of a freshly formed, burgeoning America that will appeal to readers of women’s history and American history.”
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“In the Women of the American Revolution, the author educates the reader on much about the general feminine experience of the times.”
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“A simply fascinating, comprehensive, and informative study… unreservedly recommended for community and academic library American History and Women's History collections.”
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About the Author

Samantha Wilcoxson is an author of historical fiction and administrator of a history blog. She has written four full-length novels, three novellas, and two middle grade chapter books. Topics of her writing have ranged from the Wars of the Roses to America’s Civil Rights Movement. Samantha is passionate about history and exploring the personal side of events. In her writing, she urges the reader to truly experience what it might have felt like to live through a moment in history. Samantha’s most recent novel is biographical fiction featuring Catherine Donohue, one of America’s “radium girls.” She is currently working on a novelization of the life of Nathan Hale, and features in Hauntings, an anthology published by the Historical Writers Forum.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen and Sword History (October 7, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1399001000
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1399001007
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches
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Samantha Wilcoxson is an author of emotive biographical fiction and strives to help readers connect with history's unsung heroes. She also writes nonfiction for Pen & Sword History. Samantha loves sharing trips to historic places with her family and spending time by the lake with a glass of wine. Her most recent work is Women of the American Revolution, which explores the lives of 18th century women, and she is currently working on a biography of James Alexander Hamilton.

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Stacey Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Remember The Ladies
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2023
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The Founding Fathers knew full well, but rarely admitted, how much of their success they owed to the women in their lives. Most of them could never have done what they did without them.

As the author asks in her excellent summary, would George Washington have been great without Martha? We can certainly say that John Adams would have failed early on without Abigail.

The women of the founding generation often knew better than the men what the country needed and stepped up to provide it or be an example of it. But their stories have stayed too long in the shadow of the men.

This book unearths the tales of these women—the ones you’ve heard of and some you haven’t. Each story is brilliantly told and well-researched. It is great and necessary history.

Highly recommended.
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This is an account of influential women who helped and watched out country become independent from Britain. It tells their background and family lifestyles.
I found this very interesting and informative.
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Michael Ross
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful retelling
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Samantha helps shed light on the roles and influence of Revolutionary War women. These women were not afraid to influence events both directly and indirectly. Well written and researched.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Warm, engaging history
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2022
I don't usually sit down with a non-fiction book expecting to love it. I read non-fiction primarily for research rather than for enjoyment. I shouldn't have been surprised, however, when this book slipped into my subconscience, its stories swirling in my mind when I wasn't reading it and leaving behind traces of its warmth. Samantha Wilcoxson's writing usually does this, and I can only think that her background in writing biographical fiction honed her pen for these very tendencies.

Each chapter highlights a well-known woman we know because of her husband, but the focus is less about her story parallel to her husband than the woman’s own story - what can be known about her personal thoughts, feelings, fears, and sufferings as it related to her children, her home, her personal desires and dreams. There are great reminders for modern audiences about just how precarious their lives were when we study them from our warm, comfortable modern homes. This book brought to the forefront their fears when contemplating the coming of an invading army, when losing an infant to a common sickness, or facing any number of the other devastating circumstances inevitably faced by households of that day.

One thing I appreciate the most about this book is that the writing is based on facts with little conjecture about what is not certain or documented. Where facts or history is missing, Wilcoxson offers plausible scenarios without making guesses and stating those guesses as unequivocal fact. This makes her writing stand out from other historians who want to put their own stamp on history.

I know the author is working on another piece of non-fiction, and I will be first in line to get my hands on a copy.
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