Ladies of Liberty
- Author: Cokie Roberts
- Narrator: Cokie Roberts
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 10:02:16
Synopsis
In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the heroic women whose patriotism and sacrifice helped create a new nation. Now the number one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator—praised in USA Today as a "custodian of time-honored values"—continues the story of early America's influential women with Ladies of Liberty. In her "delightfully intimate and confiding" style (Publishers Weekly), Roberts presents a colorful blend of biographical portraits and behind-the-scenes vignettes chronicling women's public roles and private responsibilities.
Recounted with the insight and humor of an expert storyteller and drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources—many of them previously unpublished—Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork for a better society. Almost every quotation here is written by a woman, to a woman, or about a woman. From first ladies to freethinkers, educators to explorers, this exceptional group includes Abigail Adams, Margaret Bayard Smith, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Catherine Adams, Eliza Hamilton, Theodosia Burr, Rebecca Gratz, Louisa Livingston, Rosalie Calvert, Sacajawea, and others. In a much-needed addition to the shelves of Founding Father literature, Roberts sheds new light on the generation of heroines, reformers, and visionaries who helped shape our nation, giving these ladies of liberty the recognition they so greatly deserve.
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Chapter 021
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Chapter 022
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Chapter 023
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Chapter 024
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Chapter 025
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Chapter 026
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Chapter 027
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Chapter 028
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Chapter 029
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Chapter 030
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Chapter 031
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Chapter 032
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Chapter 033
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Chapter 034
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Chapter 035
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Chapter 036
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Chapter 037
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Chapter 038
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Chapter 039
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Chapter 040
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