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About We the Women

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Part 1: “The First Fifty Years: The Women Behind America’s Fight for Independence, 1776-1826”

Introduction-Part 1

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Part 2: “Risk Takers and Rulebreakers: Seneca Falls and the Civil War, 1826-1876”

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Part 3: “Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Gilded Age and the Great Demand, 1876-1926”

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Part 4: “Warriors, Rebels, and Visionaries: Women at War at Home and Abroad, 1926-1976”

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We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America

We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America