Bibliograph

Mercy Otis Warren, author and historian, by Jennifer Blizin Gillis

Type

Label

Mercy Otis Warren, author and historian, by Jennifer Blizin Gillis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mercy Otis Warren

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57652138

Responsibility statement

by Jennifer Blizin Gillis

Series statement

Signature lives

Sub title

author and historian

Summary

Mercy Otis Warren was a colonial patriot who used her writing skills to support independence and record history. She wrote plays, poetry, and pamphlets that encouraged people to turn against the British and rally in support of independence. She eagerly participated in political discussion, which was unusual for women of that era. In 1805, the first American history book written by a woman was published-the three-volume History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution, by Mercy Otis Warren

Table Of Contents

An end and a beginning -- An inquiring mind -- Young woman -- Trouble brews -- A mighty pen awakes -- War time -- "Grief beyond expression" -- Growing pains -- Last years -- Life and times -- Life at a glance

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification