Founding Mothers

The Women Who Raised Our Nation

By: Cokie Roberts

Narrated by: Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts's #1 New York Times bestseller We Are Our Mothers Daughters examined the nature of women's roles throughout history and led USA Today to praise her as a ""custodian of time-honored values."" Her second bestseller, From This Day Forward, written with her husband, Steve Roberts, described American marriages throughout history. Now Cokie returns with Founding Mothers, an intimate look at the passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their families and country proved just as crucial to the forging of a new nation as the rebellion that established it.

Roberts reveals the often surprising stories of these fascinating women, bringing to life the everyday trials of individuals like Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Eliza Pinckney, Mary Bartlett and Martha Washington -- proving that without our exemplary women, the new country might have never survived.

Social history at its best, Founding Mothers unveils the determination, creative insight and passion of the other patriots, the women who raised our nation. Cokie Roberts proves beyond doubt that like every generation of American women that has followed, the founding mothers used the unique gifts of their gender -- courage, pluck, sadness, joy, energy, grace, sensitivity and humor -- to do what women do best, put one foot in front of the other in remarkable circumstances, and carry on.

©2004 Cokie Roberts; (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

expectations unfulfilled

I wanted to love this book... for the subject and the author and the audiobook reader. I found it all rather flat, unexciting and kind of dull. I had hoped for more... creatively it felt like a bloodless recitation of facts. what did delight me was how so many letters have survived through the centuries. And what really hit home was how self centered and self indulgent the founding fathers were.

Pretty good

Cokie Roberts enlightens us about the role of women in early America. Unfortunately, they were relegated to third class citizenry but a few set the standard for future generations. Roberts writes well and does a nice job of narrating the book with enjoyable quips that added to "a change of pace" when the text needed it. At times, the text dragged and needed additional content.

Loved the History

This was a really good book with history of women that made a huge impression and difference on early American society. Every girl should know about these women. I think Cokie Roberts should not have been the narrator though. I love her commentaries, and would recognize her voice anywhere, but she was not the best person to present her book.

excellent!

She brings these ladies to life. Showcases their strength, dedication, and courage, inspite of the era of inequality they lived in.

Excellent!

Having the story of the founding mothers was made greater by the narration of Cokie Roberts herself! I really enjoyed listening to this book and learned so much!