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of the Signers: The Women Behind the Declaration of Independence by Harry Clinton Green, and Mary Wolcott Green.* Originally published in 1912 as The Pioneer Mothers of America. Great American men have always understood the importance of women. John Adams described them as "the most infallible barometer...of morality and virtue in a nation." And Daniel Webster said the "promulgation of sound mo...