mercy otis warren was the wife of a patriot, james warren, the sister of another patriot, james otis, from a very well connected

mercy otis warren was the wife of a patriot, james warren, the sister of another patriot, james otis, from a very well connected family in massachusetts. but her brother, james owtis, hd been very active in the resistance cause and then he went insane. unlike most women, mercy otis warren had been highly educated. she was educated by a private tutor along we are brother. and she kind of stepped in his place and she began writing plays and poems and political tracks that attacked british tyranny. and they were actually published in newspapers in massachusetts and they were circulated throughout the colonies. and so she was a really important, i guess, you should say, instigator in the coming of the revolution. interestingly enough, too, she then wrote one of the first histories of the american revolution, a three-volume history of the american revolution that was published in 1805. she was a friend of abigail adams. and of john adams and john adams actually encouraged her authorship, encouraged her venture into history. and so she is someone that, i think, has been forgotten but at the

>> mercy otis warren. she was the wife as a patriot, james warren, the sister of another patriot, james otis, from a very well-connected political family of massachusetts. but her brother, james otas, had been very active in the revolutionary cause, the resistance cause in the 17 sixties and then he went insane. unlike most women, mercy otis women had been highly educated. she was educated by a private tutor along with her brother. she kind of stepped in his place and began writing plays and poems and political tracks that attack the british tyranny and they are actually published in the newspapers in massachusetts and they were circulated throughout the colonies. so she was really important i guess you would say instigator in the coming of the revolution. interestingly enough, too she then wrote one of the first histories of the revolution published in 1805 she was a friend of abigail adams and john adams and john adams actually encouraged her authorship and venture to history so she is someone that again

and unlike most women, mercy otis warren had been highly educated. she was educated with a private tutor along with her brother, and she kind of stepped in his place. and she began writing plays and be poems and political tracts that attacked british tyranny. and they were actually published in newspapers in massachusetts, and they were circulated throughout the colonies. and so she, she was really important, i guess you'd say, instigator in the coming of the revolution. interestingly enough, too, she wrote a three-volume history of the american revolution that was publish inside 1805. she was a friend of abigail adams and of john adams, and john adams actually encouraged her authorship, encouraged her venture into history. and so she is someone that i think, again, has been forgotten, but at the time was well known to americans because she was so instrumental in promoting the revolutionary cause. and on the front of your book is this painting, drawing? >> guest: yeah. it's a painting from the early 19th century. it's a folk painting. and it's really