Heroines of the American Revolution : America's founding mothers / by Diane Silcox-Jarrett ; illustrations by Art Seiden.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Green Angel Press, c1998.Description: 92 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 0965806529
- America's founding mothers
- Women heroes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- E276 .S55 1998
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At head of title: The heroines of history
Includes index.
Abigail Adams : champion for equal rights for women -- Hannah Arnett : the patriot wife who would not be quiet -- Penelope Barker : leader of the Edenton Tea Party -- Catherine Moore Barry : the heroine of cowpens -- Martha Bratton : a brave and compassionate patriot woman -- Elizabeth Burgin : organizer of the great prisoner escape -- Margaret Corbin : Captain Molly -- Lydia Darragh : Quaker woman of conscience -- Emily Geiger : the quick-thinking messenger -- Nancy Hart : the war woman of Broad River -- Sybil Ludington : the female Paul Revere -- Grace and Rachel Martin : interceptors of the courier -- Molly Hays McCauley : Molly Pitcher -- Rebecca Motte : the patriot who burned her home -- Mary Lindley Murray : the woman who stopped the British Army -- Esther Reed : organizer of the Philadelphia Association -- Betsy Ross : making the flag -- Deborah Sampson : patriot soldier disguised as a man -- Nancy Ward : beloved woman of the Cherokee -- Mercy Otis Warren : patriot playwright -- Phillis Wheatley : the first African-American author -- Patience Wright : American spy in King George's court -- Prudence Wright : commander of the minutewomen -- Elizabeth Zane : the heroine of Fort Henry.