The women of the Revolution were most active at home, organizing boycotts of British goods, raising funds for the fledgling nation, and managing the family business while struggling to maintain a modicum of normalcy as husbands, brothers and fathers died. In this book, Carol Berkin shows us how women played a vital role throughout the conflict. The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. lively book reclaims a vital part of our political legacy" ( Los Angeles Times Book Review). A groundbreaking history of the American Revolution that “vividly recounts Colonial women’s struggles for independence-for their nation and, sometimes, for themselves.
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