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2002., Harcourt, Inc. Call No: 973.318 BER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1787 a group of lawyers and politicians, some famous and others just ordinary men, journeyed to Philadelphia determined to create a more stable framework of government. The result was the Constitution of the United States.
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2006., Vintage Books Call No: 973.3 BER Edition: First Vintage Books edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. The author shows that women played a vital role throughout the struggle: we see women boycotting British goods in the years before independence, writing propaganda that radicalized their neighbors, raising funds for the army, and helping finance the fledgling government. We see how they managed farms, plantations, and businesses while their men went into battle, and how they served as nurses and cooks in the army camps; risked their lives carrying intelligence, participating in reconnaissance missions, or seeking personal freedom from slavery; served as spies, saboteurs, and warriors; and lived with the daily knowledge that their husbands could be hanged as traitors if the revolution did not succeed.
