Founding Mothers
A Brief Look at the Women Who Forged the United States and Canada

With the death of Cokie Roberts this week, I checked to see if I had read all of her books. I discovered I had missed this one. The book is well written and researched. The problem is the lack of information on many of the women except for Abigail Adams. In this period women had no rights and few wer......more

I am ashamed that it took me so long to get around to reading this book - it was given to me for Mother's Day in 2004. That's me looking sheepish :) Although I am a big fan of historical fiction, straight up history tends to make my eyes droopy - so I either really have to be motivated or have some......more