In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts tells the fascinating yet overlooked story of the women who helped create a new nation. While the men were debating the merits of revolution, these women were living it even as the Redcoats landed on their doorsteps. Thoughtful and intelligent, Founding Mothers explores the lives of such women as Abigail Adams, Esther Reed, Sarah Franklin Bache, and numerous others, playing midwife to a new nation.