| Description |
128 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. |
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age Children |
| Series |
Landmark books
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Landmark books.
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| Contents |
Map -- Daughters of liberty -- Patriots with pen and ink: Phillis Wheatley -- Mercy Otis Warren -- Mary Katharine Goddard -- Needleworkers: Ester Reed -- Sarah Franklin Bache -- Betsy Ross -- Noble nurses: Elizabeth Hutchinsom Jackson -- Kerenhappuch Turner -- Polly Cooper -- Daring defenders: Nancy Morgan Hart -- Rebecca Stillwell Willets -- Prudence Cummings Wright -- Mammy Kate -- Spies and messengers: Martha Bell -- Lydia Darragh -- Emily Geiger -- Nancy Ward -- "Mad" Ann Trotter Bailey -- Schoolgirl rebels: Elizabeth "Betty" Zane -- Dicey Langston -- Sybil Ludington -- Women on the battlefield: Deborah Samson -- Margaret Cochran Corbin -- Mary Hays -- Daughters of the American Revolution -- Patriot timeline -- Author's note -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Index. |
| Summary |
Profiles girls and women who participated in the American Revolution by refusing to buy British merchandise, collecting money, and even going to war as wives, nurses, spies, or soldiers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo. |
| Subject |
American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
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Military participation -- Female. |
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Women heroes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women heroes. |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1783 |
| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0375923578 (library binding) |
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9780375923579 (library binding) |
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0375823581 (paperback) |
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9780375823589 (paperback) |
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0375823573 (trade) |
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9780375823572 (trade) |
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