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[2015]
Description
"Susan Casey gives 20 remarkable girls and women the spotlight they deserve in this lively collection of biographical profiles. These women took action in many ways: as spies, soldiers, nurses, water carriers, fundraisers, writers, couriers, and more. Women Heroes of the American Revolution brings a fresh new perspective to their stories resulting from interviews with historians and with descendants of participants of the Revolution and features ample...
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Using a host of primary sources, author Brandon Marie Miller recounts the roles, hardships, and daily lives of Native American, European, and African women in 17th- and 18th-century colonial America. Hard work proved a constant for most women--they ensured their family's survival through their skills while others sold their labor or lived in bondage as indentured servants and slaves. Even in this world defined entirely by men, a world where no one...
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Describes what it was like to be a woman during the Revolutionary War. Some women, in addition to managing their homes and families, took an active role in the war. Some served in the army (disguised as men), other acted as spies, and still others met in groups to provide goods and services.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? What about the women? The girls? The dames? Didn't they play a part? Of course they did, and with page after page of superbly researched information and thoughtfully detailed illustrations, acclaimed novelist and picture-book author Laurie Halse Anderson and charismatic illustrator Matt Faulkner...
10) Colonial women
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book introduces the different skills and often difficult lives of women on the farm, in business, and on the plantation as the owner's wife or as a slave in colonial America.
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
In this title, readers will examine the pivotal commanders of the American Revolution. Engaging text introduces readers to the lives of important leaders including George Washington, King George III, Samuel Adams, Lord Frederick North, Paul Revere, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Horatio Gates, Nathanael Greene, Baron Friedrich Von Steuben, and Patrick Henry.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Abdo & Daughters is an...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book describes the work of women behind the scenes in the American Revolution who, as patriots or loyalists, ran family farms and businesses, spied on the opposition, and spoke out publicly in the battle for independence.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Soon after American colonists had won independence from Great Britain, Ona Judge was fighting for her own freedom from one of America's most famous founding fathers, George Washington. George and Martha Washington valued Ona as one of their most skilled and trustworthy slaves, but she would risk everything to achieve complete freedom. Born into slavery at Mount Vernon, Ona seized the opportunity to escape when she was brought to live in the President's...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
During the late 1700s, women took care of the home and children. They had to dress and behave in a certain way. They weren't supposed to take part in wars and politics. However, many daring women knew they could help fight, too. Some fought with guns, while others used their special abilities. All of these women helped bring about an American victory in the war. - p. 4.
17) Betsy Ross
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces the life of Betsy Ross, an American patriot during the Revolutionary War who enjoyed telling her family about how she sewed the first American flag
18) Betsy Ross
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Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A brief biography of Betsy Ross, who many believe may have created the first American flag.
19) Betsy Ross
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces the life of Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress who some people believe sewed the first American flag.