A review by marystevens
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts

4.0

Cokie Roberts, our former Mayor Barbara Sigmund's sister, paints a vivid picture of what the women of the second half of the Revolutionary War era were saying and doing while the men struggled to form a new nation out of the colonies and the frontier. We get a much fuller picture of what the men were really like as they wrote to their women folk and also of the behind the scenes work of the ladies. It was considered unseemly for a man to campaign for himself; surrogates would campaign for him and the wives would preside over balls and parties that would facilitate their husbands aspirations.
She also covers important women outside of politics, like Emma Willard who founded the first secondary education for girls (where I went to school) and St. Rose Duchesne who founded the Sacred Heart Schools (where I sent my daughter) . There's a long passage on Sacajawea too.
It's an informative and fun read.