Jemma tries to evade capture by the state while leading a revolutionary shadow government and destroying the chemical plants used to change the women they cannot control.
Trained assassin Elena Kyler is on the run from a wealthy, psychopathic control freak who is also the father of her son. She will do whatever it takes to shield her child from his father's obsessive desire to mold the boy in his own ruthless image.
Describes the lives of several classes of French women during the Revolution, including society women, villagers, peasants, workers in Paris, nuns and churchgoers, and soldiers, and includes a chronology and annotated further reading list.
Provides information about Molly Pitcher, a young wife during the Revolutionary War who followed her husband William into battle and took his place firing the cannon at British troops during the Battle of Monmouth after he collapsed from heat exhaustion.
Profiles eight women whose served as soldiers, spies, and patriots during the American Revolution including Deborah Samson, Nancy Morgan Hart, Margaret Corbin, Elizabeth Martin, and others.
Provides background information about the Revolutionary War, and discusses the heroism displayed by Pennsylvania wife Molly Pitcher who risked her life to follow her husband into battle and take his place at the cannon when he became too weak to continue.
Examines the life and activities of Mary Ludwig, better known as Molly Pitcher, discussing her role in loading cannons for American troops during the Battle of Monmouth, and explaining how she got her nickname.
After her San Francisco home is bombed, Calcutta native Tara Chatterjee sets out to find her roots, tracing the story of her great-great-aunt, Tara Lata, who was married to a tree in her Indian village at age five.
