A rousing picture book about the only woman whose name is printed on the Declaration of Independence, for fans of the feminist biographies Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors and Counting on Katherine.

Born in 1738, Mary Katharine Goddard came of age in colonial Connecticut as the burgeoning nation prepared for the American Revolution. As a businesswoman and a newspaper publisher, Goddard paved the way for influential Revolutionary media. Her remarkable accomplishments as a woman defied societal norms, and set the stage for future legislation defending the freedom of the press. When the Second Continental Congress decreed that the Declaration of Independence be widely distributed in 1777, one person rose to the occasion and printed the document—boldly inserting her name at the bottom with a printing credit: M.K. Goddard.

Here is an important biography of a ground-breaking woman who had the courage to write herself into the history she helped create.

Christy Ottaviano Books