{"product_id":"womens-letters-lisa-grunwald-9780385335560","title":"Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present","description":"Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women's singular correspondences--often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing George Washington's portrait during the War of 1812; one week after JFK's assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy pens a heartfelt letter to Nikita Khrushchev; and on September 12, 2001, a schoolgirl writes a note of thanks to a \u003cbr\u003eNew York City firefighter, asking him, \"Were you afraid?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe letters gathered here also offer fresh insight into the personal milestones in women's lives. Here is a mid-nineteenth-century missionary describing a mastectomy performed without anesthesia; Marilyn Monroe asking her doctor to spare her ovaries in a handwritten note she taped to her stomach before appendix surgery; an eighteen-year-old telling her mother about her decision to have an abortion the year after Roe v. Wade; and a woman writing to her parents and in-laws about adopting a Chinese baby. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith more than 400 letters and over 100 stunning photographs, \u003cb\u003eWomen's Letters \u003c\/b\u003eis a work of astonishing breadth and scope, and a remarkable testament to the women who lived-and made-history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Grunwald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385335563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385335560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 7.13w x 1.68d","brand":"Lisa Grunwald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48658842648831,"sku":"9780385335560","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/womens-letters-lisa-grunwald-9780385335560","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}