Revolutionary Women in the War for American Independence

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LINCOLN DIAMANT studied American History at Columbia University and was a writer for CBS News before he became a biographer and historian of the American Revolution. He is author of eight books, including Chaining the Hudson (1994) and The Broadcast Communications Dictionary (Greenwood, 1989). He has lectured extensively on American History and has served as a commentator for Fox Television.

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This modern, annotated adaptation of the original three-volume edition of Women of the American Revolution by Elizabeth Ellet restores, in a single volume, a unique compilation of the roles played by eighty-four American women in the Revolutionary War. A best-seller in the 1850s, Ellet's work is here carefully edited for today's readers by a distinguished Revolutionary War historian. It contains a new introduction and many explanatory footnotes. A new organization arranges these biographies from north to south by colony, underlining the vast differences in class and culture among the various states. While not America's earliest female historian, Elizabeth Ellet may easily lay claim to being America's first historian of women. Before publication of her books, readers had come close to losing track of the important role played by women in the War for Independence. Ellet preserved these valuable stories through reliance, whenever possible, on first-person accounts which are still as fresh and compelling today as they were in the nineteenth century. A vivid and comprehensive account which will be of interest to both military historians and scholars of women's history.

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This modern, annotated adaptation of the original three-volume edition of Women of the American Revolution by Elizabeth Ellet restores, in a single volume, a unique compilation of the roles played by eighty-four American women in the Revolutionary War.

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Introduction The Author Author's 1848 Preface Author's 1850 Preface The Women of the Revolution Massachusetts Abigail Smith Adams Mary Smith Cranch Mary Draper Dorothy Quincy Hancock Sarah Fuller Hull Lucia Flucker Knox Deborah Sampson Gannett Mrs. Oliver Pond Sarah Quincy Smith Mercy Otis Warren Hannah Winthrop Mrs. David Wright New Hampshire (and Vermont) Frances Brush Allen Elizabeth Smith Peabody Rhode Island Mary Bowen Catherine Littlefield Greene Connecticut Anna Warner Bailey Rebecca Sanford Barlow Ursula Wolcott Griswold Frances Ledyard New York Cornelia Van Cortlandt Beekman Magdalen Bevier Blandina Elmendorf Bruyn Jane Cannon Campbell Mrs. Jackson Mary Lindley Murray Janet Livingston Montgomery Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler Lady Stirling (Sarah Livingston Alexander) Margaret Todd Whetten New Jersey Elizabeth Rogers Borden Hannah Ogden Caldwell Susannah French Livingston Esther de Berdt Reed Annis Boudinot Stockton Martha Stewart Wilson Pennsylvania Sarah Franklin Bache Rebecca Biddle Margaret Cochran Corbin Lydia Darrah Elizabeth Graham Ferguson Mary Ludwig Hays Mary Redmond Esther Skinner Frances Slocum Maryland Anne Frisby Fitzhugh Delaware Hannah Erwin Israel Virginia (and Kentucky) Mrs. Davis "John's Wife" Mrs. John Merrill Mrs. John Walker Martha Washington Mrs. Woods Elizabeth Zane North Carolina artha Polk Brevard Rachel Craighead Caldwell Margaret Sharpe Gaston Mary Hooks Slocumb South Carolina Martha Bratton Mrs. Dillard Isabella Barber Ferguson Emily Geiger Nancy Stinson (Anderson) Green Mrs. Thomas Heyward Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson Sarah Wayne McCalla Elizabeth Marshall Martin Mrs. Richard Shubrick Mrs. John Simpson Mrs. Strong Esther Gaston Walker Eliza Wilkinson Eleanor Wilson Georgia Nancy Hart Sleeping with the Enemy Lady Harriet Acland Margaret Shippen Arnold Rebecca Franks Mrs. Mary Harvey Jane McCrea Flora McDonald Margaret Moncrieff Mary Philipse Morris Mrs. Munro Baroness Friederike Von Riedesel Index