![]() ![]() While there are some faults in this book, overall, it serves as a good foundational read for anyone interested in women’s history, specifically during America’s early years. In the end, she ties all the stories together with one final chapter that discusses how all women, no matter what their perspective, experienced a change in their definition of “normal life” after the war. Throughout the book, she uses short character sketches to illustrate different perspectives of women in that time period, grouping them by race, social status, and economic class. Defining this concept as “gender amnesia,” Berkin discusses how generally “the war for independence is portrayed as an exclusively male event” and how that has altered modern thoughts about history. She notes the lack of information in general history regarding women’s roles in different historical events, particularly the Revolutionary War. ![]() ![]() Berkin begins the book by giving the reader a brief overview of a typical woman’s life before the Revolutionary War. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” Carol Berkin’s Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence explores this very idea of women’s strength revealing itself under trials. ![]()
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