ABOUT THIS BOOK

Meet the amazing women of the American Revolution. From Nancy Morgan Hart, who captured enemy soldiers, to 15-year-old Betty Zane, who dodged bullets while running for gunpowder to save patriot lives—Patriots in Petticoats celebrates 24 of America’s most daring and overlooked patriots!

Written with a compelling, light touch and packed with photographs, period art, maps, and timelines, Patriots in Petticoats is young nonfiction at its best—entertaining, engaging, and empowering!


REVIEWS

“Shirley Raye Redmond digs deep to find American heroines—mostly unfamiliar names—and presents them in very simple and dramatic fashion. This is a pleasure to read and a much-needed angle on the birth of our country.”—Kathleen Krull, author of the “Lives of” series