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#1276789 in Books Marla R Miller 2011-06-07 2011-06-07Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .4 x 5.50l; .93 #File Name: 0312576226496 pagesBetsy Ross and the Making of America
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Astoundingly fine research!By nmscottThis is an amazing book and a fine read. Betsy Ross; as Miller states is; after Abigail Adams; the best known woman of the American Revolution; but there are very few primary sources about her extant (no voluminous correspondence; as with the Adamses); Miller has done painstaking research to be able to reconstruct her life in 18th c. Philadelphia; earning a living as a skilled needlewoman and upholsterer. She is not an aristocrat; but a middle-class working woman; of the kind who contributed behind the scenes the "the making of America." Betsy married three times (she was widowed twice); raised numerous children and lived into her eighties; all the while earning a living; as did many women like her. Thank God for feminist historians like Marla Miller and also Laurel Thatcher Ulrich; author of "The Midwife's Tale;" who bring into the open the heretofore ignored or deprecated contributions of ordinary women of the Revolutionary and early national periods of US history.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An important work!By Professor KAfter teaching American Women's History for 15 years; I thought I knew most of what could be known about Betsy's story. I was always careful to distinguish her legend from her actual story; and to discuss the sociocultural influences that created perpetuated the legend but distorted ultimately erased her history from the memory of most Americans. The general outlines of that history were known (or at least available) to historians; but not the details. So; as one who has always found the details more fascinating than the generalities; I was frustrated and left with a personal curiosity that secondary sources were unable to satisfy. Until now!Professor Miller's work is a major boon for other historians; and for all persons who have wanted to know more about Betsy Ross. With imaginative methods and exhaustive research; she has artfully sorted fact from fiction; uncovered a great deal of new information; and presented her findings in a narrative that is both clear and engaging. This is an important book that enables us to ask new questions; develop new insights; and better understand the many ways that Betsy; and other tradeswomen of her time; made significant (if heretofore overlooked) contributions to the making of America.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Great Read....By John Paul SassoneA great book about not only Betsy Ross but about Philadelphia and by extension; the country at the time of the Revolutionary War. As a history buff; and one especially interested the the RW; I thoroughly enjoyed it. Written as a story and not just a list of facts and dates; the characters and settings truly come alive. After reading this is went to the Betsy Ross house in Philly just to see it and connect it to the book. A
