Outrageous Women of Colonial America

Name: Outrageous Women of Colonial America
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ISBN: 9780471382997

ISBN-10: 047138299X

ISBN-13: 9780471382997

Edition: 2001

Authors: Mary Rodd Furbee

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Delightful and inspiring tales of some of the most fascinating and awesome women of colonial times American history is rife with stories of our founding fathers, but what of the women who lived and worked alongside these men? This fun and exciting book whisks young readers back to early America, introducing them to a refreshing assortment of brave and unique American women of colonial times. Readers will be amazed by the stories of such remarkable colonial women as Mumbet, a slave who won her freedom in a Massachusetts courtroom in the 1780s; Mercy Warren, whose passionate plays about the Revolution thrust her onto the theater scene as America's first female playwright; and Peggy Arnold,…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 7.54" wide x 9.37" long x 0.28" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Mary Rodd Furbee is a part-time writing and journalism instructor at West Virginia University School of Journalism. She is the author of several children's books, including Outrageous Women of Colonial America (Wiley).



Introduction



New England



Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591-1643)



Queen Weetamoo (163?-1667)



Deborah Samson (1760-1831)



Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman (1742-1829)



Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818)



Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)



The Middle Colonies



Margaret Brent (1601-1671)



Peggy Shippen Arnold (1760-1804)



Betsy Griscom Ross (1752-1836)



Esther DeBerdt Reed (1746-1780)



The South



Anne Bonny (1697-17??)



Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793)



Anne Trotter Bailey (1743-1825)



Mary Draper Ingles (1731-1815)


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