• This is the cover of the book Independent Dames, with the title in bold, black, all-caps lettering and the subtitle What You Never Knew About Women and Girls of the American Revolution in smaller red text above it. The vibrant illustration shows a colonial woman in Revolutionary War attire striding forward confidently while carrying both an American flag and a child, flanked by a piccolo player in a blue-and-red coat and a drummer wearing a tricorne hat.
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Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About Women and Girls of the American Revolution

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About Women and Girls of the American Revolution

$18.99 USD
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Listen up—New York style. You’ve heard plenty about the famous Revolutionary gents, but history isn’t just a room full of powdered wigs and dramatic speeches. What about the women? The girls? The dames who would’ve handled a crowded Manhattan sidewalk without breaking a sweat? With sharp research and lively illustrations, Laurie Halse Anderson and Matt Faulkner bring these bold women to center stage in a spirited, long-overdue tribute—pure Revolutionary girl power.

For more Revolutionary-era stories with a New York City twist, visit The Occupied City exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.

  • Illustrated
  • 40 pages
  • 6 - 10 years
  • 11 x 0.3 x 10 inches
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