Kerrison, Catherine

Summary: "Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. In Jefferson's Daughters, Catherine Kerrison, a scholar of early American and women's history, recounts the remarkable journey of these three women--and how their struggle to define themselves reflects both the possibilities and the limitations that resulted from...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2018

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 KER

Kerrison, Catherine

Summary: "Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. In Jefferson's Daughters, Catherine Kerrison, a scholar of early American and women's history, recounts the remarkable journey of these three women--and how their struggle to define themselves reflects both the possibilities and the limitations that resulted from...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom Kerrison

Jacobs, Diane.

Summary: "For readers of the historical works of Robert K. Massie, David McCulough, and Alison Weir comes the first biography on the life of Abigail Adams and her sisters. "Never sisters loved each other better than we."--Abigail Adams in a letter to her sister Mary, June 1776 Much has been written about the enduring marriage of President John Adams and his wife, Abigail. But few know of the equally...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAMS, ABIGAIL JAC

Roberts, Cokie.

Summary: Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, Dolley Payne Madison, Deborah Read Franklin, and Catherine Littlefield Greene.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ROB

Roberts, Cokie.

Summary: Cokie Roberts's number one New York Times bestseller, We Are Our Mothers' Daughters, examined the nature of women's roles throughout history and led USA Today to praise her as a "custodian of time-honored values." Her second bestseller, From This Day Forward, written with her husband, Steve Roberts, described American marriages throughout history, including the romance of John and Abigail...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2004

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.3 ROB

Castrovilla, Selene

Summary: "Introduces the reader to the founding mothers of the United States"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.4 CAS

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CAS