It is interesting for the reader to find out that one of the important article writers and opinion makers of the entry into the war was Mercy Otis Warren.
Studying the personal correspondence and private journals Cokie Roberts discovers striking news of these fascinating women, revealing the everyday trials and prominent triumphs of personalities like Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Deborah Read Franklin, Eliza Pinckney, Catherine Littlefield Green, Esther De Bert Reed, and Martha Washington. While the men were busy at the war or in Congress, these women raised their children, controlled their business and gave the men an opportunity to do what they did. The book “Founding Mothers: The Woman Who Raised Our Nation” is an inmost and illuminating look at the ardently patriotic and passionate women whose untiring pursuits on behalf of their families and country proved just as critical to the foundation of a new nation as the uprising that established it. This book includes a useful “Who’s Who” list linking the women to their outstanding husbands, brothers and sons as well as addition of recipes from the women’s kitchens. The authoress gives quotes widely from letters the women sent each other and to their husbands and from essays and plays some women published. Some heroines display signs of modern feminism, some are content to let the men shine, and another act behind the scene to influence through the men.
The stories are presented in chronological order and Roberts depicts a persuasive and lifelike portrait of each woman by explaining the historical context. The book is divided into time periods, starting “Before 1775” and the period until the end of George Washington’s presidency in 1796.
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