women revolutionaries

The Skaa, having slaved in misery for a thousand years under the corrupt, absolute power of the Lord Ruler, still manage to find hope, which rises once again when a criminal mastermind teams up with an unlikely heroine.

"Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father strategized and familiarizing herself with the terrain. When tragedy struck, she did the only thing that felt right to her--cut her hair, donned a pair of pants, and continued the fight, commanding a battalion who followed her without question . . . the story of a trailblazing revolutionary who fought for her freedom, told by her great niece . . ."--Provided by publisher. Includes author's note.

Gives a fictionalized account of four sisters in the Dominican Republic under the dictatorship of General Trujillo.

"Sophie serves coffee at an underground cafe. She stays in the shadows and listens to the troubles of the parlor guests, but does not draw attention to herself for one simple reason: Sophie is supposed to be dead. When a nationalistic revolution forces Sophie from her safe haven, she must make a dangerous journey to a new city, one that revels in hedonism and chaos. After joining up with a band of smugglers, she finds herself on a long and treacherous path that will lead her far closer to the truth of her entire world--and to the dangers that lurk even in the light of day"--OCLC.

Provides information about Molly Pitcher, a young wife during the Revolutionary War who followed her husband William into battle and took his place firing the cannon at British troops during the Battle of Monmouth after he collapsed from heat exhaustion.

Profiles the life of New Jersey born Mary Ludwig who became a Revolutionary War heroine when she carried water to American soldiers and even fired a cannon herself during the Battle of Monmouth.

Nikolai Hoffner, a veteran detective with the Berlin police in the waning days of World War I, struggles to learn the truth when his investigation of the murders of four women is complicated by the discovery of the body of Socialist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg, whose corpse bears similar markings as those found on the earlier victims.

Gives a fictionalized account of four sisters in the Dominican Republic under the dictatorship of General Trujillo.

Memoirs of five Russian revolutionaries of the 19th century.

When twenty-five-year-old Jenny Shimada arrives in New York's Hudson Valley, she is surprised to run into a shadowy figure from her previous life who ropes her into caring for three young fugitives smuggled out of California.