ALL1364-C First 6 Weeks Thursdays 10:30-11:50 Start Date 12-Sep
Grossman 106 Limit 25
Mercy Otis Warren grew up in Barnstable and, as author Nancy Rubin Stuart states, might be considered the first woman journalist and female historian of the Revolution. With her hand on the pulse of the patriots’ passion for democracy, she anticipated and wrote about the impending Boston Tea Party, the fight at the North Bridge in Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Her deep friendships with John and Abigail Adams and others made her the right person at the right time to advance the cause of freedom through her insight and pen. This history book breathes life into what we may already know but may not have “felt.” The text for this discussion course is The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation by Nancy Rubin Stuart, available on Kindle and from your local library. We will discuss Part I of the book during the first week and gauge our pace together week by week.
Text: The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation by Nancy Rubin Stuart
Assignment: Part I of the book will be discussed during week 1, we’ll gauge our pace together week-by-week. The book is also available on Kindle and from your local library.
Coordinator: Susan Whalley 
Susan Whalley, retired educator and lover of history, volunteers with Sandwich Town Archives. She enjoys protecting documents that demonstrate the patriots’ spirit to birth a new democracy and all that evolved from that! Let’s enliven what we thought we knew and provide new appreciation for this period in the American story.