a. A Woman's Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution was
written by Rosemarie Zagarri. She is an Associate Professor of History at George Mason
University. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University. Zagarri has also written
another book titled The Politics of Size: Representation in the United States, 1776-1850.
Along with this, she was the editor of David Humphreys' "Life of General Washington,"
b. A Woman's Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution is about a
women, Mercy Otis Warren, that is well educated, into politics, and loves to write
literature. The problem is that this is not acceptable behavior for women in this time.
Mercy's family was very rich, educated, and important in politics. Her brother James,
her dad, and her uncle educated as well as stood by her vast interest for politics even
though she was a woman. Mercy thought that in many ways, women should have part in
politics as well as men. When she had an opinion that she wanted to share, Mercy would
write poems or plays in the newspaper under anonymous. Towards the end, after writing
many pieces of literature, Mercy Otis Warren exposes herself. Women then started to
share many works of literature in politics.
c. Despite being a woman, Mercy Otis Warren was as influential as any male in
d. Throughout her life, Mercy maintained relationships with many of the famous
political leaders in America at the time. She earned the respect and admiration of such
famous figures as George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. However, no
relationship was as close as the one she had with John Adams. She began a relationship with John's
well known wife, Abagail Adams. She had originally intended to use Abagail to get to
John. That is, to share her beliefs and ideas with him about the political scene and about
Great Britain. Despite this, she actually did
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