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Revolutionary Mothers: Women In The Struggle For America's Independence?
Kieu Anh Hoang
Ms. Sheryl Ballard
History 1301
7th Feb, 2015

Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America 's Independence by Carol Berkin (New York: Knopf Publishing Group, 2005). 194pp. Reviewed by Kieu Anh Hoang, Feb 1st, 2015 Carol Berkin was born in Mobile, Alabama, but educated in New York City. She received her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College. Her M.A and PhD were from Columbia University where she won the Bancroft Award for Outstanding Dissertation, and also she was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize with her subsequent book: Jonathan Sewall: Odyssey of An American Loyalist. Now, at Baruch College, she is Presidential Professor of History, and a member of CUNY Graduate Center’s history faculty. She is a pioneer and …show more content…
"They Say It Is Tea That Caused It." Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America 's Independence. 1st ed. Vol. 2. New York: Knopf :, 2005. 12-25. Print.
Berkin, Carol. "You Can Form No Idea of the Horrors." Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America 's Independence. 1st ed. Vol. 3. New York: Knopf :, 2005. 27-49. Print.
Berkin, Carol. "Such A Sordid Set of Creatures in Human Figure." Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America 's Independence. 1st ed. Vol. 4. New York: Knopf :, 2005. 50-66. Print.
Berkin, Carol. "How Unhappy Is War to Domestic Happiness." Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America 's Independence. 1st ed. Vol. 5. New York: Knopf :, 2005. 67-91. Print.
Berkin, Carol. "A Hourney Across Ye Wilderness." Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America 's Independence. 1st ed. Vol. 6. New York: Knopf :, 2005. 92-106. Print.
Berkin, Carol. "The Women Must Hear Our Words." Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America 's Independence. 1st ed. Vol. 7. New York: Knopf :, 2005. 107-120. Print.
Berkin, Carol. "The Day of Jubilee Is Come." Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America 's Independence. 1st ed. Vol.8 . New York: Knopf :, 2005. 135-147.
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