Women in History - Women of the American Revolution (Women in History)

"This series will enhance the student's knowledge of women's roles throughout history and fulfill a curricular need. Each book discusses the history, cultural history, belief system, and legacy women left on their societies. Students will find material fascinating and easy to comprehend. Captioned photographs and gray information sections throughout the book give the reader insight into specific aspects not covered in the text. The annotated bibliography and notes section will assist those needing further in-depth resources. Recommended."
-- Library Media Connection (March 2003) (Library Media Connection 20030301)

"This series will enhance the student's knowledge of women's roles throughout history and fulfill a curricular need... Students will find the material fascinating and easy to comprehend. Captioned photographs and gray information sections throughout the book give the reader insight into specific aspects not covered in the text. The annotated bibliography and notes section will assist those needing further in-depth resources. Recommended."
-- Library Media Connection (February 2003) (Library Media Connection 20030301)

"Well-organized and well written,..terrific examples of how good series non-fiction can be...lovely, well-chosen black-and-white photographs and lithographs. Notes, bibliography, and a list of works consulted are appended."
-- Booklist (October 2002) (Booklist 20021015)

Reviewed with Don Nardo's Women of Ancient Rome.

Gr. 6-10. Books in the fascinating, in-depth Women in History series look at the roles of women during different eras. Well-organized and well written, the books are terrific examples of how good series nonfiction can be. In American Revolution, the expected discussions of women on the battlefield and on the home front are enhanced by an absorbing chapter devoted to camp followers, women too poor to live without their soldier husbands, and how they survived. There are also chapters about Native American and African American women. Veteran writer Nardo examines the lives of women in Rome--aristocrat and slave, Christian and worshippers of the gods. He discusses their roles as wives, mothers, and women with lives outside the home. The book is also open (but not sensationalistic) about how sexuality affected Roman civilization (e.g., women didn't mind their husbands having sex with female slaves because it allowed them to space their pregnancies). Although there's a gray sameness about the design, the print is a good size, and there are lovely, well-chosen black-and-white photographs and lithographs. Notes, bibliography, and a list of works consulted are appended. Ilene Cooper
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