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Woelfle, Gretchen

Write On, Mercy!: The Secret Life of Mercy Otis Warren

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Alexandra Wallner. This picture book biography details the life of a Patriot poet who kept her identity hidden until years after the Revolutionary War. The informative text drives home the message that expectations for women in the eighteenth century were low; excerpts of Warren's poems are challenging but manageable for an intermediate audience. The pale-toned gouache illustrations capture the New England parlor atmosphere.

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