The life stories of the most influential women in colonial and early America and New France come together in this fascinating book that will leave you inspired.
Unlike the Legendary Women of World History biographies, Founding Mothers is a collection of short biographical profiles exploring women about whom we often know less about that the LWWH biography subjects.
Founding Mothers includes the stories of:
•Abigail Smith Adams (first lady of the United States)
•Sally Hemings (slave and concubine to Thomas Jefferson)
•Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson (wife of Thomas Jefferson and half-sister to Hemings)
•Marie-Madeleine Jarret de Vercheres (the heroine of Fort Vercheres in New France)
•Dolley Payne Todd Madison (first lady of the United States)
•Pocahontas (Powhatan Confederacy princess kidnapped by the English)
•Margaret Bayard Smith (author and diarist about life in Washington DC in its first years)
•Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (first lady of the United States)
...and many more.
Includes period music, extensive timeline, and bibliography.