Next month we will be reading Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts. This nonfiction work takes a look at the women of colonial America. These women worked hard on behalf of their families and country and were just as crucial in the formation of the United States of America as their husbands. While the men went off to war or to Congress, the women managed their businesses, raised the children, provided political advice, and generally made it possible for the men to do what they did.
For a deeper look at the founding women and this time in our nation's history, check out some of the books listed below.
Abigail Adams: A Life by Woody Holton
Dear Abigail by Diane Jacobs
The Muse of the Revolution by Nancy Rubin Stuart
Written Out of History by Mike Lee
Martha Washington: an American Life by Patricia Brady
Ties That Bound by Marie Jenkins Schwartz
American Treasures by Stephen Puleo
1775: A Good Year for Revolution by Kevin Phillilps
1776 by David McCullough
The American Revolution by Robert J. Allison
The General and Mrs. Washington by Bruce Chadwick
Daily Life in Colonial New England by Claudia Johnson
Founders as Fathers by Lorri Glover
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