Mercy Otis Warren and American Revolution
Feb 19, 2008
Things are slowing down a bit this week and next. Might have time to prep my tax information! Joy!
Meanwhile, this is review-the-Revolution week, but through the eyes and pen of Mercy Otis Warren, a woman patriot from the late 18th century who wrote satirical plays and poems against the British in the 1770s. She also compiled a history of the era after the war was over. Her well-to-do circumstances allowed her access to most of the leading patriots of the day, including George and Martha Washington, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Abigail Adams, and most importantly, John Adams, who was her writing mentor.
And it looks like the patriotic fervor of the early days of the Revolution didn't last long. Political divisions between old-fashioned republicans like Mercy and the new Federalists were the source of lost friendships and the ruination of Mercy's husband's career.
It's good to hear from these lost "feminist" voices of earlier periods. When the book is published by Beacon Press later this year, look for it. It's called The Muse of the Revolution, by Nancy Rubin Stuart.
Things are slowing down a bit this week and next. Might have time to prep my tax information! Joy!
Meanwhile, this is review-the-Revolution week, but through the eyes and pen of Mercy Otis Warren, a woman patriot from the late 18th century who wrote satirical plays and poems against the British in the 1770s. She also compiled a history of the era after the war was over. Her well-to-do circumstances allowed her access to most of the leading patriots of the day, including George and Martha Washington, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Abigail Adams, and most importantly, John Adams, who was her writing mentor.
And it looks like the patriotic fervor of the early days of the Revolution didn't last long. Political divisions between old-fashioned republicans like Mercy and the new Federalists were the source of lost friendships and the ruination of Mercy's husband's career.
It's good to hear from these lost "feminist" voices of earlier periods. When the book is published by Beacon Press later this year, look for it. It's called The Muse of the Revolution, by Nancy Rubin Stuart.
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