On July 15, 2021, a Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) panel entitled “Liberty’s Daughters and Women of the Republic at 40: The Past, Present, and Future of Revolutionary Women’s History” – featuring Linda Kerber, Mary Beth Norton, Lauren Duval, Jacqueline Beatty, Adam McNeil, Maeve Kane, and Charlene Boyer Lewis – was so riveting that it made a virtual roundtable feel like it was in person. In the final moments of the roundtable discussion, someone mentioned that the Johnny Tremaine children’s book series offered an entry point to the American Revolution for boys and asked what an Read more