Berkin‚ C. (2005). REVOLUTIONARY MOTHERS: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence. Vintage Books. Book Review #1 By Tawnya Pluid Carol Berkin’s "Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence" is an excellent book that I immensely enjoyed. When many people think of the Revolutionary War‚ they might imagine George Washington gallantly leading his men through the winters at Valley Forge or the like. Berkin begins her masterpiece by giving a general overview
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Revolutionary Mothers Carol Berkin’s book‚ Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for American Independence‚ proclaims that the Revolutionary War was "the last great romance with war". It was more so a time of turbulence and disorder. The American Revolution did not discriminate against man or woman‚ class‚ race nor culture. The Revolution took a toll on the families during this time in history and it also made women important figures. Women were forced to take charge over their families and
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My past history books and social studies classes provided the basis to my knowledge on America’s past events‚ like the Revolutionary War. These books‚ classes‚ and even historians that I was accustomed to‚ only told about the men’s part in wars like this‚ while women were extremely overlooked. In my opinion‚ the women had just as great of roles as the men did in this era. As the troubles between the colonists and the British began‚ colonial women soon learned that they could be of great importance
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How is a literature review different from an annotated bibliography? A literature review is written in the style of an expository essay; it comprises an introduction‚ body and conclusion‚ and it is organized around a controlling idea or thesis. An annotated bibliography is simply an alphabetized list of sources accompanied by comments. Moreover‚ while a single source appears just once in an annotated bibliography‚ it may be referred to numerous times in a literature review‚ depending upon its importance
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In the book “A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution” by Carol Berkin she explains the constitution from start to finish from how it all began‚ to the debates inside the convention and finally the end product. Berkin takes the reader and puts him directly in the middle of the convention of 1786; throughout the book you can feel the excitement‚ the frustration‚ the tensions between delegates and the overall commitment to making a new government work for all. The time for a new
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War on Women. In Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the struggle for American independence‚ Berkin depicts the lives of all women affected by the war‚ showing the role each one played and how their class‚ race‚ or marriage had an effect. Berkin emphasizes in her writing that the Revolution is often just depicted as a man’s war and often the women’s role is minimized. Within each chapter she will focus on a specific struggle women faced and how they helped shape the nation with their contribution.
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Kieu Anh Hoang Ms. Sheryl Ballard History 1301 7th Feb‚ 2015 Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America ’s Independence by Carol Berkin (New York: Knopf Publishing Group‚ 2005). 194pp. Reviewed by Kieu Anh Hoang‚ Feb 1st‚ 2015 Carol Berkin was born in Mobile‚ Alabama‚ but educated in New York City. She received her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College. Her M.A and PhD were from Columbia University where she won the Bancroft Award for Outstanding Dissertation‚ and also she was nominated
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These women unknowingly would start the long journey to women gaining civil rights and equality. Carol Berkin gives a glimpse into what life was like for colonial women and their children. When reading about the lives of colonial women we see the themes of inequality‚ sexism‚ and oppression repeat themselves over and over. It is clear to me that colonial men did not see how important a woman’s role and how it affected the success of her family. These women were alone with no one to help them fight
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I think the American Revolutionary War was revolutionary because it was going from a monarchy to a democracy and that is revolutionary. Many people don’t believe that it was revolutionary. They had their opinions because we didn’t get rid of our pre-existing social or political infrastructures. People like to compare the American revolution to the French Revolution‚ which ended in the country having a whole new take on social equality and freedom to live as you please. They got rid of King Louis
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I think The Revolutionary War was revolutionary because the colonists were fighting the British for their freedom. George Washington was commander chief of the Continental army in the revolutionary war. He had a big role in the revolutionary war. Friedrish Von Steuben was by Washington’s side throughout much the gruesome was. Washington choose Von Steuben because how strong and how courageous he was. Von Steuben trained Washington’s soldiers to be powerful and less fearful during all that battles
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