JasonKoivu

Having read numerous biographies on the men from this era, I was eager to read about the female side of things. I should have read something by a better writer with more knowledge on historical matters.

In Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation Cokie Roberts often gets her facts slightly askew. That's not a good thing in a history book. It leads one to question the validity of everything the author says. If relaying factual information isn't the author's number one priority, it leads one to question the author's agenda, which brings me to...

Too often Roberts stops the flow to essentially say, "See, women did just as important things as the men back then too!" I don't doubt that they did. In fact, that is precisely why I picked this book up. I've read enough about the Washingtons, Adamses and Jeffersons. I want to hear about the equally strong women!

The courageous women of our nation's founding - Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Margaret "Captain Molly" Corbin, and young Sybil Ludington - deserve better. I don't feel that drawing attention to the inequity in this case serves these women as well as if the writer were to just state the facts and let the actions of the women speak for themselves.

All in all, Founding Mothers... was a disappointment. However, that won't keep me from seeking something better on the same subject. Recommendations are welcome.