Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii A Partial Genealogy of the Family of Mercy Otis Warren xi Map: Massachusetts in 1782 xii Timeline: Mercy Otis Warren/The American Revolution xiii Introduction xv 1 The First Friends of Her Heart 1 2 Politics as a Family Affair 23 3 Her Pen as a Sword 49 4 War Widows 79 5 An Old Republican 99 6 History is not the Province of the Ladies 135 Conclusion: The Line Beyond Her Sex 164 Bibliographical Essay 172 Index 186

About the Author

Rosemarie Zagarri is University Professor and Professor ofHistory at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She is theauthor of The Politics of Size: Representation in the UnitedStates, 1776-1850 (1987) and Revolutionary Backlash: Womenand Politics in the Early American Republic (2007). She is alsoeditor of David Humphreys Life of GeneralWashington with George Washington s Remarks (1991).