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Mercy Otis Warren wasn\\u2019t your typical early American woman. She was a woman with strong political viewpoints, which she wrote about and published for the world to see and consider.

Did anyone take her views seriously?

Did her writings sway public opinion in the direction of her political views?

In this episode, Rosemarie Zagarri, a professor of history at George Mason University and author of A Woman\\u2019s Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution, helps us kick off a new, six-episode series about the people of the American Revolution by taking us through the life of Mercy Otis Warren.

Show Notes:\\xa0https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/145

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• Episode 032: Michelle Marchetti Coughlin, One Colonial Woman\\u2019s World
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• Episode 143: Michael Klarman, The Making of the United States Constitution

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