02712cam a2200361 i 4500 2709109606 TxAuBib 20260317120000.0 250723s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593727027 hardcover 0593727029 hardcover (OCoLC)1528513471 TxAuBib rda O'Donnell, Norah, author. We the women [BOOK] : the hidden heroes who shaped America / by Norah O'Donnell with Kate Andersen Brower. Hidden heroes who shaped America. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, [2026] ©2026. viii, 406 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-396) and index. Over a decades-long, distinguished career, award-winning journalist Norah O'Donnell has made it her mission to shed light on untold women's stories. Now, in honor of America's 250th birthday, O'Donnell focuses that passion on sharing the stories of American heroines who helped change the course of history. We the Women presents a new and extraordinary retelling of American history through the eyes of women, introducing us to inspiring patriots who demanded that the country live up to the promises made 250 years ago in the Declaration of Independence: that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among those are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." The pressing question from women since the signing of the document has been: Why don't those unalienable rights apply to us? Through extensive research and interviews, as well as old photos and historic documents, O'Donnell curates a compelling portrait of these fierce fighters for freedom. From Mary Katharine Goddard, who printed the first signed Declaration of Independence, to the Forten family women, considered the "Black Founders" of Philadelphia who were active in the abolition and suffrage movements, to the first women who served in the Armed Forces even before they had the right to vote, O'Donnell brings these extraordinary women together for the first time, and in doing so, writes the American story anew. 20260317. Women United States Biography. Women heroes United States Biography. Brower, Kate Andersen, author.