01624cam a2200253 4500 457653792 TxAuBib 030421s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780743453301 $24.00 0743453301 $24.00 (OCoLC)3877 UWB UWB OCLCQ SRB OMP HQB UNA TxAuBib Bohrer, Melissa Lukeman. Glory, passion, and principle : the story of eight remarkable women at the core of the American Revolution / Melissa Lukeman Bohrer. New York : Atria Books, 2003. xv, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. With the wind in her hair : Sibyl Ludington -- Breaking the chains of silence : Phillis Wheatley -- First advisers : Abigail Adams -- Her pen as sword : Mercy Otis Warren -- Spy games : Lydia Darragh -- A sister in arms : Molly Pitcher -- Soldier with a secret : Deborah Sampson -- A woman warrior : Nancy Ward. Profiles eight American women who made significant contributions to the American Revolution, from sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington, who rode twice as far as Paul Revere to alert patriots; to Deborah Samson, who posed as a man to fight as a Continental Army soldier; to Phyllis Wheatley, a slave and first-published African-American author. Women United States History 18th century. Women Biography. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Women. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Biography.