Stubborn girls

From the author of New York  Times bestsellers The Atomic City Girls and The Last Castle, this comprehensive narrative challenges the traditional narrative of nationhood and highlights the unknown women who contributed to the American Revolution. History has long celebrated the “Founding Fathers” - Washington's cunning and victorious tactics, Lafayette's daring adventures, and Jefferson's great ideas. However, we rarely hear about women who have sustained colonies and livesFreedom. \ Stubborn Girls \ rewrites the story of America's birth, revealing the brave and creative women whose actions have shaped a nation. From battlefields to printing presses, from farms to pulpits, these women fought, spied, spread, preached, planted, and organized. From the front lines to the home front, from the colonies to the borders, these unsung heroines turned the tide. In \ Stubborn Girls \ , readers will learn about women who are arming and taking charge to defend their city. A tribal leaderThe Cherokee warned the national settlements of imminent attacks, risking the lives of their people in the process. A British spy who was at the heart of a plot to assassinate George Washington. enslaved women who risked their lives in a parallel battle for their freedom, embodying the ideals that the revolution claimed to uphold. The only woman whose name is inscribed on the Declaration of Independence. and many more. As I have done repeatedly, Kiernan brilliantly weaves these individual stories into one captivating narrative, and commemorates these influential women in history. With journalistic precisionA distinctive narrative style, Kiernan reminds us that the past is always challenging, and that every untold story can inspire a new generation.