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Product Identifiers
PublisherPennsylvania STATE University Press
ISBN-100271065400
ISBN-139780271065403
eBay Product ID (ePID)202476109
Product Key Features
Number of Pages212 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSome Pennsylvania Women During the War of the Revolution
SubjectWomen, Modern / 18th Century, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Revolutionary
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorWilliam Henry Egle
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-043048
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal305.409748
SynopsisOriginally published in 1898. Biographical sketches of women in Pennsylvania who played a valuable role in the American Revolution. Discusses their family history, their character, and their contributions to the revolutionary effort., Some Pennsylvania Women During the War of the Revolution , first published in 1898 by the Harrisburg Publishing Company, presents biographical sketches of almost seventy women who supported the American Revolution and the soldiers at Valley Forge, noting their lives, family history, character, and the particulars of their roles in the revolutionary effort, including providing food, clothing, shelter, and support for the patriots. As the author writes in his prefatory note, this book aims to bring to light "the patriotism, sufferings, and self-denials" of the women of the American Revolution in Pennsylvania, whom he calls "the Matrons of the Declaration." The book examines the lives of women at the end of the eighteenth century and shows the value of their contributions to the war. "The saviors of our country at Valley Forge, in their raggedness and misery, would have starved," Egle writes, "had it not been for that devoted band of true-hearted loving women whose homes were on or lying near the frontiers of our grand old Commonwealth." This book provides a fitting tribute to these women and their roles in the state's, and nation's, history.
LC Classification NumberF148.E325 2014
