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Barbara Delorey, Patrice Hatcher, and Nancy Rubin Stewart enact and describe Mercy Otis Warren's important contributions to the American Revolution.

Mercy Otis Warren may not be as well known as her brother, James Otis, or her friends John and Abigail Adams, but she was just as much a patriot as her famous contemporaries. She was also a poet, playwright, scholar, and historian. Truly a woman ahead of her time, Warren is brought to life here by Barbara Delorey and Patrice Hatcher, who portray Warren at different points in time. In addition, Nancy Rubin Stewart, author of Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation, presents her research on this very remarkable woman.

"The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation." -Mercy Otis Warren

This lecture is funded by a gift to continue the legacy of the New England Women's Club. The Club was founded in 1868 by a group of Boston women, including Julia Ward Howe. The fund, a gift to The Bostonian Society, provides support for women's history programs.