Wives of the Signers

Wives of the Signers
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Wives of the Signers

Description of Wives of the Signers:

This historical reprint, excerpted from The Pioneer Mothers of America, describes those women who, alongside their husbands, experienced the trials and triumphs of the struggle for independence and the challenge of building a new nation. Though they did not confront the hail of bullets or cannon, though they did not participate in conventions or congresses, they were at the heart of every soul-stirring historic event. This is a book about the heart of America.

Description of Harry Clinton Green, author of Wives of the Signers:

This book describes those women, who, alongside their husbands, experienced the trials and triumphs of the struggle for independence and the challenge of building a new nation. Who are they? Abigail Smith Adams, wife of one president, mother of another, and perhaps the most influential woman of her day; Annis Boudinot Stockton, wife of Richard Stockton, whose home was looted and burned during the savageries of war; Deborah Scudder Hart, wife of John Hart, who suffered for months as her patriotic husband was bounded and hunted as a criminal;.....and many more. This book highlights these great American women. Though they did not confront the hail of bullets or cannon, though they did not participate in conventions or congresses, they were at the heart of every soul-stirring historic event. Wives of the Signers is a book about the heart of America.