
The Lautaro Lodge (Spanish: Logia Lautaro) was a revolutionary secret lodge active in Latin American politics in the 19th Century. It was initially known as the Lodge of Rational Knights (Spanish: Logia de los Caballeros Racionales). Its initial purposes were to apply the goals of the Spanish Enlightenment, and when Spain began the Absolutist Restauration they promoted instead the emancipation ...
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...