{"product_id":"womens-letters","title":"Women's Letters","description":"Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women's singular correspondences--often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing George Washington's portrait during the War of 1812; one week after JFK's assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy pens a heartfelt letter to Nikita Khrushchev; and on September 12, 2001, a schoolgirl writes a note of thanks to a \u003cbr\u003eNew York City firefighter, asking him, \"Were you afraid?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe letters gathered here also offer fresh insight into the personal milestones in women's lives. Here is a mid-nineteenth-century missionary describing a mastectomy performed without anesthesia; Marilyn Monroe asking her doctor to spare her ovaries in a handwritten note she taped to her stomach before appendix surgery; an eighteen-year-old telling her mother about her decision to have an abortion the year after Roe v. Wade; and a woman writing to her parents and in-laws about adopting a Chinese baby. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith more than 400 letters and over 100 stunning photographs, \u003cb\u003eWomen's Letters \u003c\/b\u003eis a work of astonishing breadth and scope, and a remarkable testament to the women who lived-and made-history.","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48855992729805,"sku":"9780385335560","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_987b8b96-2d97-4ef9-81ab-a910bd5456ac.jpg?v=1794509701","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/womens-letters","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}