Revolutionary Mothers Book Review

Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for Independence. By Carol Berkin. 2005. P. 161 Revolutionary Mothers by Carol Berkin discusses women's involvement in the Revolutionary War between the British and soon to be Americans. Women were, and often are still shaded from as having been or being heroes in terms of war, and Berkin brings untold tales to light. Through the eyes of both patriot and loyalist, she reveals the truth that many women endured during this time that is often repressed. This book is an eye opening read for anyone interested in new discoveries of the Revolution, and those drawn to a course of women striving for what they want and feel they deserve. Carol Berkin, born October 1, 1942, in Mobile, Alabama, grew to become a writer and an educator. For schooling she attended Barnard College and obtained her bachelor's degree in 1964. Then, Berkin moved on to Columbia University to get her master’s degree in 1966, and then a Phd in 1972. Additionally, she has worked as a consultant for many History Channel and PBS documentaries, as well as making an appearance on television for A&E and PBS documentaries. Berkin served as an editorial assistant for “Papers of Alexander Hamilton” in New York in 1964, and thus moved on to become a professor at a …show more content…
She confers about their many strengths and how they exceeded any expectations men had for women during that time. Berkin explains how women were tougher than they were known to be, were courageous, strong both mentally and physically, and immensely intelligent. Readers may wonder though, while Berkin focused so much on what women were moving towards in terms of equality, why they never really voiced a desire to be written as equals into the Constitution towards the end of the war. Abigail Adams did attempt to persuade her husband, John Adams, to have women written into the Constitution, but she never pushed quite