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Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation | Cokie Roberts
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In this eye-opening companion volume to her acclaimed history Founding Mothers, number-one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork for a better society. Recounted with insight and humor, and drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources, many of them previously unpublished, here are the fascinating and inspiring true stories of first ladies and freethinkers, educators and explorers. Featuring an exceptional group of women including Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Rebecca Gratz, Louise Livingston, Sacagawea, and others Ladies of Liberty sheds new light on the generation of heroines, reformers, and visionaries who helped shape our nation, finally giving these extraordinary ladies the recognition they so greatly deserve."
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K.Wielechowski
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Very interesting look at lots of different women who helped shape the early days of the US. From Ursine nuns to Sacajawea, the focus wasn‘t specifically on women in politics but also on regular women who did extraordinary things.
There seemed to be larger portion of the book dedicated to Abigail Adams and Dolly Madison than many of the other women but seeing as they were First Ladies it kind of makes sense...?

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ValerieAndBooks
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“Remember the ladies”, Abigail Adams famously exhorted her husband. Cokie Roberts did, in this history that spans the time period from when Abigail Adams was First Lady to when her Daughter in Law Louisa Adams took that same role. In between, covered are women as diverse as Sacajawea, guide to Lewis & Clark, to Rebecca Gratz (pictured 3rd from left on cover) who was Jewish and did much philanthropy in Philadelphia including helping to found 👇👇

ValerieAndBooks ...found the city‘s first school for the deaf (“and dumb” 😣). That school is now Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Only five pages were devoted here to Gratz, and the PSD history online does not refer to her at all, as did any online references I found about early deaf history in Philly. I‘m very intrigued (deaf myself) and will investigate more. Anyway, Roberts did a good job overall of showing how real and accomplished these women were. 5y
AmyRebecca Very interesting! Good review 😊 4y
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ValerieAndBooks
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Just finished this book— review coming soon. Many women discussed in it, and I think Dolley Madison was my favorite. She was everyone‘s favorite then, too; and I think she could have been President if women had the vote then. As it was, she was nicknamed “Presidentess”.

And wow, thanks to the internet, I found out that she was photographed late in life — 80 years old here ❤️

Tamra I was sad to hear of Roberts‘ death. I had no idea how beloved she was by her colleagues who were also her friends. And apparently a real trailblazer! 5y
Crazeedi I must say read this books! 5y
ValerieAndBooks @Tamra Yes. I had read her earlier book (tagged 👉) and her death reminded me I needed to read this from my TBR. Glad I finally did 💖. 4y
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ValerieAndBooks @Crazeedi 👍 have you read Cokie Roberts yet? If not, you might want to start with 4y
Crazeedi @ValerieAndBooks no I have not, so I'll put both on my tbr!! 4y
AmyRebecca Neat! 4y
ValerieAndBooks @AmyRebecca I thought so, too! So much character in Dolley‘s face. 4y
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ValerieAndBooks
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Aaron Burr, feminist.

He was a big fan of Mary Wollstonecraft and made sure his daughter Theodosia was well-educated.

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ValerieAndBooks
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Just learned author Cokie Roberts has just passed. Thanks for bringing attention to women involved in some parts of American history.

(ETA: I need a new non-fiction read after finishing Betsy Ross, so I‘m going to finally start reading the tagged book now — been TBR a long time!)

Ericalambbrown I am just so very sad to hear of her passing. I will miss her voice of fact and reason terribly on NPR. 💔😢 5y
MicheleinPhilly Such a tremendous loss for journalism. I will miss her insight and intelligence fiercely. 5y
Graciouswarriorprincess This is so sad. She was a remarkable journalist and woman! 5y
Kimzey 😢 One of my all-time favorite NPR journalists! 5y
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Happy 4th of July! Hope you‘re all having a lovely holiday. I was going to do a flag out of red, white and blue books but if I‘m being honest, I‘ve already had a few delicious drinks and I‘m too lazy and buzzed to bring all the books off the shelves, so instead here are some American themed books 😊 Enjoy the fireworks and be safe everyone! 💥 🎇 🇺🇸 🍹

LeahBergen 😆😆 Happy 4th! 5y
StayCurious Lol you‘re funny 5y
marleed Good job taking a straight shot! Happy 4th! 5y
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DivineDiana
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This was my final read of 2017. Finished just in the nick of time to end my year with the completion of 100 books. This was an incredible achievement for me, and I attribute it to this supportive,encouraging community.
Through this children‘s book, I discovered many fierce women of history whose names I did not know. Beautifully illustrated. I would like to add this to my personal library. A wonderful book to end the year! #picturebook4

Andrew65 Well done on getting to 100 books. 👍👏 6y
robinb Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏 6y
Eggs 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
RohitSawant Congrats! 👏👏 6y
DivineDiana @robinb @Eggs @rohit-sawant @Andrew65 Thank you, my fellow book lovers! (edited) 6y
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tracy.anne8
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I surprisingly don't have any books with #ashapeinthetitle but this book has the word "shaped" on the cover so I'm counting it! #junebookbugs

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ValerieAndBooks
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Thank you to @24in48 for donating money to the Human Rights Campaign for their advocacy of LGBTQ rights -- $1 for every rainbow book stack posted to the 24in48.com site. Here's my rainbow stack! 🌈🌈🌈🌈 #24in48 #readathon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

TheNextBook Oohhh pretty! 7y
TrishTheBibliophile ❤💙💚💜💛 7y
Pruzy What does your A Farewell to Arms hardcover look like from the front?? 7y
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Betty I didn't know $1 would be donated! Will create a stack when I get home at 6 PM if not too late 7y
ValerieAndBooks @Pruzy I wish we could include pictures in the comments here, but the cover is just simple text -- Hemingway's name in black and title in white. It's a BOMC edition, not clear when edition was published, but definitely after his death. You have the same, or similar, cover? 7y
ValerieAndBooks @Betty I think @24in48 has a posting deadline because of the prize draw for that hour, but I don't know if there is one for matching contributions after that. 7y
Pruzy @ValerieAndBooks No, I've never owned a hardcover Hemingway novel, only trade paperbacks 7y
ValerieAndBooks @Pruzy the few Hemingway hard covers I have were all found used, including this one. 7y
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bookelf221
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this is a kids version of her longer adult book of the same title. It was interesting and focused on some lesser known women as well as well known ones. There were parts that were a bit awkward to read but overall it was very good.

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LuLeeBelle
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▫I was SO HYPE to cast a vote for the first female president. Someday, when my grandchildren ask where I was in 2016, I'lll be proud to tell them.
▫Louisiana got these RAD AF Blue Dog stickers for voting. Jelly Much?