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This book focuses on the amazing lives of the women who lived through the American Civil War era--the pioneers and trailblazers who risked their lives, braved the battlefield, defied tyranny, and became America's first women nurses, doctors, preachers, professors, and voters.

This fun and exciting book takes young readers back to early America and introduces them to an assortment of brave and unique American women of colonial times. Includes stories of Mumbet, a slave who won her freedom in Massachusetts in the 1780s, Mercy Warren, whose plays on the Revolution made her America's first female playwright, and Peggy Arnold, wife to Benedict Arnold. Illustrations.

Incredible true stories of the most amazing women in American history They were courageous, resourceful pioneers, enduring and adventurous. They made arduous journeys, carved careers out of the wilderness, defied conventions, and fought for their freedom. They were community leaders, artists, and entrepreneurs. These Outrageous Women of the American Frontier boldly faced the gritty realities of daily lifeeverything from starvation to shootouts...