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Mercy Otis Warren

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    (September 14, 1728-October 19, 1814)
    Born in Barnstable, Massachusetts
    Revolutionary poet, playwright and pamphleteer
    Wrote the satirical plays 'The Adulateur' (1772) and 'The Group' 1775)
    Author of 'History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution' (1805)
    Married to politician James Warren (from 1754 to 1808)

Why she might be annoying:

    She sometimes published anonymously or under the pseudonym 'A Columbian Patriot.'
    She invented the character Rapatio to make fun of Massachusetts royal governor Thomas Hutchinson.
    She opposed the U.S. Constitution, mainly due to its emphasis on strong central government.
    She was accused of being overly critical of John Adams in her three-volume 'History' of the Revolution.
    This led to a heated correspondence and a breach in her friendship with the Adamses that lasted until shortly before her death.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was the third of thirteen children.
    Her brother was brutally beaten by colonial officers, which led her to host protest meetings at her home.
    She was at the center of nearly every major American Revolutionary event in Massachusetts.
    She corresponded with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
    It is believed that her 1788 pamphlet 'Observations on the New Constitution‚' played a role in the design and adoption of the Bill of Rights.
    She is thought to be the first American woman to write primarily for the public rather than for herself.
    She published a collection of poems and plays, in 1790, under her own name, a highly unusual occurrence for a woman at the time.
    She wrote: 'Every domestic enjoyment depends on the unimpaired possession of civil and religious liberty.'

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