The book tells the history of a wide range of women characters that played important roles during the revolutionary period. The style is very readable and holds your attention. The author does a good job of blending the important moments of history with enough of a personal portrait of the women, to make you want to keep turning the pages and learn more. The layout is very nice too with lots of great pictures and diagrams. It gives a good presentation of the multicultural America that was emerging at this time and shows this diversity without making us feel like it's forced. It's obvious that the author knows her subject. I bought it to help my thirteen year old in history and it was a hit with her.

Lively writing enhances the wonderful stories of the women that Mary Furbee features in her book. The women, from all types of backgrounds, inspire young girls to face adversity head on. As we all search for role models in the face of media onslaughts, these women are strong, smart and unique individuals. The writing and the strong descriptive components, combined with interesting historical details, provide a sense of the world and the times in which these women lived. Wonderful stuff!

I bought this book for a child but read it first myself -- and was blown away. The author makes it fun, but it's so full of information too. These amazing women are so inspiring, I was amazed that I had only heard of about half of them. I realy liked that the book includes some new faces, as well as the old standards like Calamity Jane. These women deserve to be lots more famous than they are and I hope this book helps that happen. To learn about history while being totally entertained is great for kids especially, but I recommend it for anyone age 8 to 108 too!