women revolutionaries

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women revolutionaries

American woman

a novel
2003
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.

In the time of the Butterflies

2002
Minerva Mirabal and her sisters, known as the Butterflies, become heroes and martyrs for their country as they work to overthrow tyrannical dictator General Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic in the 1950s.

Women Soldiers, Spies, and Patriots of the American Revolution

Series: American Women at War
2004
Contents: Deborah Samson--Nancy Hart--Lydia Darragh--Mercy Otis Warren--Esther DeBerdt Reed--Elizabeth Martin--Sybil Ludington--Margaret Corbin--After the war.

Molly Pitcher

young American patriot
2006
Presents the legend of Revolutionary War heroine Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, better known as Molly Pitcher, in graphic novel format, describing her bravery in the Battle of Monmouth.

Bring us water, Molly Pitcher!

a fun song about the Battle of Monmouth
2004
Relates the Revolutionary War adventures of Mary Hays, called Molly Pitcher for bringing fresh water to colonial troops during the Battle of Monmouth, interspersed with verses of original song lyrics to be sung to the tune of "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain.".

They called her Molly Pitcher

2002
Tells the story of Molly Pitcher, a woman who accompanied her husband when he set off to join the Continental Army at Valley Forge in 1777, and who was given the rank of sergeant by General George Washington for her extraordinary acts of courage during the Battle of Monmouth.

In the time of the butterflies

2010
Gives a fictionalized account of four sisters in the Dominican Republic under the dictatorship of General Trujillo.

Afeni Shakur

evolution of a revolutionary
2004
Chronicles the life of Alice Faye Williams, who later became Afeni Shakur, a radicalized, prominent Black Panther, civil rights leader, and mother to rap megastar Tupac Shakur.

Molly Pitcher

heroine of the War for Independence
2006
Presents a short biography of Mary Ludwig, also known as Molly Pitcher, and describes her bravery during the Revolutionary War when she took over her husband's cannon after he was wounded.

Molly Pitcher

2004
Presents the life story of Molly Pitcher, a heroine in the Battle of Monmouth Court House, during the American Revolution.

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