daffodill37's review against another edition
5.0
(Audio)
We've all heard plenty about the founding fathers. They're all over our text books but we don't hear enough about the women who were working just as hard, albeit in different ways. I very much enjoyed hearing about some of the incredible women responsible for the revolution. In particular, Eliza Pinckney, but there were many other figures I found fascinating.
We've all heard plenty about the founding fathers. They're all over our text books but we don't hear enough about the women who were working just as hard, albeit in different ways. I very much enjoyed hearing about some of the incredible women responsible for the revolution. In particular, Eliza Pinckney, but there were many other figures I found fascinating.
jamiezaccaria's review against another edition
4.0
This book discussing important women in American history but does so in an exciting, readable and fun way that reminds us that behind every great man is at least one great woman.
compass_rose's review against another edition
4.0
Summer 2019: Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Amazing stories. New knowledge (to me) about the Revolution. We learn about particular women and women's movements, but also very much an overview of the war itself.
Sept 2007: I am loving this book so far. Only about 30 pages into it and reading it slowly. If anyone wants to read along, I'll promote it to the bedside book, which gets more attention.
Oct 1: It's been promoted to the book club read for Oct,so I'll start reading it more often.
Jan 13, 2008: I didn't finish, but I'm clearly not going to anytime soon. I'm shelving it.
Sept 2007: I am loving this book so far. Only about 30 pages into it and reading it slowly. If anyone wants to read along, I'll promote it to the bedside book, which gets more attention.
Oct 1: It's been promoted to the book club read for Oct,so I'll start reading it more often.
Jan 13, 2008: I didn't finish, but I'm clearly not going to anytime soon. I'm shelving it.
rachelmay1's review against another edition
3.0
I’ve enjoyed learning about women in history so much more this year. I enjoyed this book and learning more about women’s role in the Revolutionary war. Seriously, complete badasses.
Abigail Adams was phenomenal. Also learned, Ben Franklin...kind of a jerk. If a woman behaved like him in history, the history books wouldn’t talk of her like they do him.
Anyways, great read.
Abigail Adams was phenomenal. Also learned, Ben Franklin...kind of a jerk. If a woman behaved like him in history, the history books wouldn’t talk of her like they do him.
Anyways, great read.
mjsteimle's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book! It can be a bit tricky to keep up with all of the different women that Roberts talks about, but I'm not sure that there is a perfect way to organize this material.
amyborch's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
4.0
The contributions to history of Abigail Adams, Martha Washington, etc
mari1532's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.5
I would give this book a 2.5 out of 5.
I checked this audiobook out of my local library and in all honestly, I have really conflicted feelings about it. All of the historical information about the women from the revolutionary period was fascinating because so often women are lost to history because they were not deemed important enough to record in records and time results in the loss of materials. However, I feel that Roberts did not paint a holistic picture of these women because it is barely mentioned that these women were enslavers. Roberts spent a lot of time discussing how these women spent their time managing the businesses (i.e., plantations) of their husbands without ever really mentioning what the business was or that there were people enslaved to make the profits they garnered.
Although I learned a lot of new facts about the subjects of this book (because in none of my history classes did we discuss the women of this period) I feel that it is not a comprehensive history.
I checked this audiobook out of my local library and in all honestly, I have really conflicted feelings about it. All of the historical information about the women from the revolutionary period was fascinating because so often women are lost to history because they were not deemed important enough to record in records and time results in the loss of materials. However, I feel that Roberts did not paint a holistic picture of these women because it is barely mentioned that these women were enslavers. Roberts spent a lot of time discussing how these women spent their time managing the businesses (i.e., plantations) of their husbands without ever really mentioning what the business was or that there were people enslaved to make the profits they garnered.
Although I learned a lot of new facts about the subjects of this book (because in none of my history classes did we discuss the women of this period) I feel that it is not a comprehensive history.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, and Misogyny
Moderate: War
Minor: Slavery