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Nancy Rubin StuartPublication Details
BookBeacon Press2008Description
In this meticulously researched biography of the first female historian of the American Revolution and our first woman playwright, Nancy Rubin Stuart depicts Mrs. Warren’s life and patriotic achievements. The sister of firebrand James “the Patriot” Otis, who first declared that “taxation without representation is tyranny,” the highly educated Mercy Otis Warren was the mother of five sons and the wife of James Warren, Speaker of the Massachusetts House and paymaster general of the Continental Army. John Adams, who was impressed with Mrs. Warren’s acumen and literary abilities, praised her “real genius” and encouraged her to write satirical plays, poems, and a history of the American Revolution. —Christine Kreiser, Managing Editor, American History Magazine “Playwright, poet, and historian, Mercy Otis Warren was both a witness to and chronicler of some of the most important events of the American Revolution. —Rosemarie Zagarri, George Mason University and author of A Woman’s Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution “‘History,’ John Adams told Mercy Otis Warren, ‘is not the province of the ladies.’ Those, as Adams learned quickly, were fighting words. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PS858.W8 R82 2008 AVAILABLE
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