Outrageous Women of Colonial America
by Furbee, Mary RoddEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-30
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary
This fun and exciting book takes young readers back to early America and introduces them to an assortment of brave and unique American women of colonial times. Includes stories of Mumbet, a slave who won her freedom in Massachusetts in the 1780s; Mercy Warren, whose plays on the Revolution made her America's first female playwright; and Peggy Arnold, wife to Benedict Arnold. Illustrations.
Author Biography
Mary Rodd Furbee is a part-time writing and journalism instructor at West Virginia University School of Journalism. She is the author of five children's books
Table of Contents
| Introduction | v | ||||
| PART ONE. NEW ENGLAND | |||||
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3 | (7) | |||
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10 | (10) | |||
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20 | (8) | |||
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28 | (6) | |||
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34 | (8) | |||
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42 | (11) | |||
| PART TWO. THE MIDDLE COLONIES | |||||
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53 | (6) | |||
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59 | (10) | |||
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69 | (7) | |||
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76 | (9) | |||
| PART THREE. THE SOUTH | |||||
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85 | (6) | |||
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91 | (6) | |||
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97 | (6) | |||
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103 | (10) | |||
| Suggested Reading | 113 | (2) | |||
| Timeline | 115 | (1) | |||
| Other Outrageous Women of Colonial America | 116 | (2) | |||
| Credits | 118 |
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