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

5.0

I got this book over 6 years ago after hearing about on NPR, and I'm quite sad that I only just got around to reading it. Cokie Roberts provides an in-depth and engaging view of the influential women of the early United States: First Wives, philanthropists, business women, abolitionists, and more. The women of the day were letter writers just as prolific as the men, which is a blessing. Roberts makes good use of all of that primary source material to weave together the stories of women from the presidency of John Adams to the election of his son, John Quincy. Going through this definitely rekindled my desire to get my hands on the letters themselves, as they are clearly treasure troves of interesting information. I would highly recommend reading this book.