The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation

Praised by her mentor John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren was America's first woman playwright and female historian of the American Revolution. In this unprecedented biography, Nancy Rubin Stuart reveals how Warren's provocative writing made her an exception among the largely voiceless women of the eighteenth century.

Author: Nancy Rubin Stuart
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 07/01/2009
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780807055175
ISBN10: 0807055174
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- History | United States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)

About the Author
Nancy Rubin Stuart is an award-winning author, journalist and writer-producer who specializes in women and social history. Her previous books includeThe Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox, American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post, and Isabella of Castile: The First Renaissance Queen. In connection with her work she has appeared on several national television series and on NPR's Morning Edition. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and many national magazines. She currently serves as one of the directors of the Women Writing Women's Lives Seminar at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. While researching Mercy Otis Warren, she received a 2005 William Randolph Hearst Fellowship from the American Antiquarian Society. She lives in Manhattan with her husband.