Massachusetts Maverick Women: A Revolutionary Tradition by Cullen, Jim

Massachusetts Maverick Women: A Revolutionary Tradition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781493091645)

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Format: Paperback
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Massachusetts Maverick Women: A Revolutionary Tradition by Cullen, Jim

Massachusetts Maverick Women: A Revolutionary Tradition

$24.95
Massachusetts Maverick Women: A Revolutionary Tradition by Cullen, Jim

Massachusetts Maverick Women: A Revolutionary Tradition

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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Massachusetts Maverick Women explores the pivotal role of women in shaping the revolutionary tradition of freedom in New England, highlighting their influence from the region's founding in 1620 to the American Revolution. By focusing on twelve remarkable women, the book delves into their contributions to Massachusetts and the broader nation, emphasizing their visibility and rights in a male-dominated society. These figures include religious dissidents like Anne Hutchinson, poets like Anne Bradstreet, captives like Mary Rowlandson and Phillis Wheatley, and revolutionaries like Deborah Sampson and Abigail Adams. Through their diverse roles--as writers, activists, and more--these women helped lay the foundation for the United States.

Author: Jim Cullen
ISBN-10: 1493091646
ISBN-13: 9781493091645
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2026
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
By Jim Cullen
By Jim Cullen
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Jim Cullen attended Tufts University and holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from Brown University. He taught at Harvard, Brown, and Sarah Lawrence College before settling down for 19 years at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York, where he served as chair of the History Department and as a member of the Board of Trustees. Since 2020, he has been a member of the faculty at the recently founded Greenwich Country Day high school in Connecticut. Jim is the author of over twenty books, including The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation (2003), Bridge & Tunnel Boys: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and the Metropolitan Sound of the American Century (2023) and Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen in American Life (third edition, 2024). His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Time, Rolling Stone, Newsday, (New York) Daily News, CNN.com, Forbes, the American Historical Review, the Journal of American History, and other publications. Jim lives with his wife, Sarah Lawrence College historian Lyde Cullen Sizer, in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

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