{"product_id":"revolutionary-mothers-women-in-the-struggle-for-americas-independence-9781400075324","title":"Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking history of the American Revolution that \"vividly recounts Colonial women's struggles for independence--for their nation and, sometimes, for themselves.... [Her] lively book reclaims a vital part of our political legacy\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. In this book, Carol Berkin shows us how women played a vital role throughout the conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe women of the Revolution were most active at home, organizing boycotts of British goods, raising funds for the fledgling nation, and managing the family business while struggling to maintain a modicum of normalcy as husbands, brothers and fathers died. Yet Berkin also reveals that it was not just the men who fought on the front lines, as in the story of Margaret Corbin, who was crippled for life when she took her husband's place beside a cannon at Fort Monmouth. This incisive and comprehensive history illuminates a fascinating and unknown side of the struggle for American independence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAROL BERKIN received her A.B. from Barnard College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. She taught at Baruch College from 1972 to 2008 and has taught at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York since 1983. She is currently Baruch Presidential Professor of History. Berkin is the author of\u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an American Loyalist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst Generations: Women in Colonial America, \u003c\/i\u003e and numerous articles and reviews. She lives in New York City and Guilford, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50621037248786,"sku":"9781400075324","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f710edca-551e-4619-a934-d4f2be800185.jpg?v=1732579246","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/revolutionary-mothers-women-in-the-struggle-for-americas-independence-9781400075324","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}