The second edition of A Womans Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution updates Rosemarie Zagarris biography of one of the most accomplished women of the Revolutionary era. The work places Warren into the social and political context in which she lived and examines the impact of Warrens writings on Revolutionary politics and the status of women in early America.Presents readers with an engaging and accessible historical biography of an accomplished literary and political figure of the Revolutionary eraProvides an incisive narrative of the social and intellectual forces that contributed to the coming of the American RevolutionFeatures a variety of updates, including an in-depth Bibliographical Essay, multiple illustrations, a timeline of Warrens life, and chapter-end study questionsIncludes expanded coverage of women during the Revolutionary Era and the Early American Republic